Feroz Khan Noon

Sir Malik Feroz Khan Noon ملک فیروز خان نون KCSI KCIE OStJ
7th Prime Minister of Pakistan
In office 16 December 1957 – 7 October 1958
President	Iskander Mirza
Preceded by	Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
Succeeded by	Nurul Amin
Minister of Defence
In office 16 December 1957 – 7 October 1958
Preceded by	Mumtaz Daultana
Succeeded by	Muhammad Ayub Khuhro
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 12 September 1956 – 7 October 1958
Prime Minister	Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
Preceded by	Hamidul Huq Choudhury
Succeeded by	Manzur Qadir
Chief Minister of Punjab
In office 3 April 1953 – 21 May 1955
Governor	Mian Aminuddin Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani
Preceded by	Mumtaz Daultana
Succeeded by	Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti
Governor of East Bengal
In office 31 March 1950 – 31 March 1953
Chief Minister	Nurul Amin
Preceded by	Frederick Chalmers Bourne
Succeeded by	Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman
Personal details
Born	7 May 1893 Sargodha, Punjab, British Raj (now in Punjab, Pakistan)
Died	9 December 1970 (aged 77) Nurpur Noon, Punjab, Pakistan
Political party	Muslim League (Before 1955) Republican Party (1955–1970)
Alma mater	University of Oxford

Sir Malik Feroz Khan Noon, KCSI, KCIE, OStJ (Urdu: ملک فیروز خان نون‎; 7 May 1893 – 9 December 1970)^[1] was a politician from Pakistan. He held many posts in government both before and after independence and was an important figure in the Pakistan movement.

Early life

He was educated at Oxford University, a member of the Noon family.

Noon was the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1941.

From 1941 to 1943, he held the defence portfolio on the Viceroy's Council, being the first Indian to do so. He was considered in 1942 as the probable successor to Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan as Prime Minister of Punjab.

In 1945 he attended several of Churchill's War Cabinets in London with Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar as representative of the government of India.^[2]

In 1945, Noon was one of India's delegates to the San Francisco Conference that led to the creation of the United Nations.

In 1947 he was sent as Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah's special envoy to some countries of the Muslim world. This one-man delegation was the first official mission sent abroad by the Pakistani government. The aim of the mission was to introduce Pakistan as a country, explaining the reasons for its creation, to familiarise Muslim countries with its internal problems, and get moral and financial support.

Noon was knighted in the 1933 New Year Honours List.^[3] He was further knighted with a KCIE in the 1937 Coronation Honours List^[4] and with a KCSI in October 1941.^[5] He was also appointed an Associate Officer of the Venerable Order of Saint John in December 1932.^[6]

Chief Minister

Noon was Chief Minister of the Punjab province from 1953 to 1956, after which he became Foreign Minister of Pakistan until 1957.

Prime Minister

On 16 December 1957 he was elected as the seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan. He held this post until 7 October 1958, when martial law was enforced for the first time in Pakistan's history by Iskander Mirza.

Later life

Noon wrote five books, including his autobiography: From Memory. His wife, Begum Viqar un Nisa Noon, was a prominent social worker. Though not originally from Pakistan, she spent her entire life working for the betterment of the people of Pakistan

Noon died on 7 December 1970 in his ancestral village of Nurpur Noon, Sargodha District.

References

1. Firoz Khan Noon
2. http://filestore.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pdfs/large/cab-65-50.pdf page 28, 48 of the pdf
3. London Gazette, 2 January 1933
4. London Gazette, 11 May 1937
5. London Gazette, 10 October 1941
6. London Gazette, 3 January 1933

External links

• Noon and Border Dispute TIME MAGAZINE
• Noon warns America
• Chronicles Of Pakistan