| Chaudhry Muhammad Ali | |
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| 4th Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
| In office 12 August 1955 – 12 September 1956 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II (to March 1956) |
| President | Iskander Mirza (from March 1956) |
| Governor General | Malik Ghulam Muhammad Iskander Mirza (to March 1956) |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Ali Bogra |
| Succeeded by | Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy |
| 2nd Minister of Treasure and Finance | |
| In office 24 October 1951 – 11 August 1955 |
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| Prime Minister | Khawaja Nazimuddin Muhammad Ali Bogra |
| Preceded by | Malik Ghulam Muhammad |
| Succeeded by | Amjad Ali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 July 1905 Jalandhar, Punjab, British India |
| Died | 2 December 1980 (aged 75) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Political party | Muslim League |
| Alma mater | University of the Punjab |
| Religion | Islam |
Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (Punjabi, Urdu: چوہدری محمد علی; (July 15, 1905 - December 2, 1980) was a Pakistani statesman who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1955 to 1956.
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Ali was born in an Arain family in Jalandhar, he completed his education at Punjab University. Afterwards, he began working in the financial sector of Indian government, and was also one of the highest ranking Muslim civil servants in the British Raj. Prior to independence, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali worked with Haribhai M. Patel future Finance and Home Minister of India and Walter John Christie on the preparation and implementation of the crucial document The Administrative Consequences of Partition.[1]
Upon the formation of Pakistan, Ali was made the Secretary General of the new nation and was instrumental to setting up a budget for the fledgling nation. In 1951 he was promoted to Finance Minister.
Four years later, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali was made Prime Minister by Governor General of Pakistan Iskander Mirza in 1955, after the removal of Muhammad Ali Bogra. While Prime Minister, Ali's greatest achievement was the formation of a new constitution for Pakistan, one that made it a republic in 1956. The constitution was extremely famous across Pakistan, and intended to mix democracy and Islam.
Despite this success, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali failed at healing rifts within his political party, the Muslim League. Splits within the party led to the formation of a new party, the Republican party. The new party claimed to hold the majority of seats in the National Assembly, while the Muslim League contested this and tried to have Ali check the Republican Party. Despite the demands of his own party, Ali would refuse claiming that as Prime Minister, the interests of the nation, and not of his party were primary to him. As the situation deteriorated, he resigned from both the position of Prime Minister, and from the Muslim League.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Ghulam Muhammad |
Minister of Finance 1951–1955 |
Succeeded by Amjad Ali |
| Preceded by Muhammad Ali Bogra |
Prime Minister of Pakistan 1955–1956 |
Succeeded by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy |
| Preceded by Ayub Khan |
Defence Minister of Pakistan 1955–1956 |
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