Editing East Pakistan (section)

=== Governors ===

'''Political Party'''{{Legend|{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League}}|[[Pakistan Muslim League|Muslim League]]}}
{{Legend|{{party color|Krishak Sramik Party}}|[[Krishak Sramik Party]]}}
{{Legend|gray|[[Independent Politician|Independent]]}}
{{Tree list}}
*{{Legend|{{party color|military}}|[[Pakistan Military|Military Governor (Army or Navy]]}}
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'''Legend'''

{{Legend|#e6e6aa|Acting Governor}}
{{Legend|pink|Functioned and exercised power as Governor by the order of [[President of Pakistan|president]] without being appointed as one}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+List of Governors of East Pakistan
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" |#
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" style="width:120px;"|Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Governor
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political Party
! rowspan="2" |President
|-
!Term Start
!Term End
!Time in Office
|- 
| style="background-color:gray; color:white;" |'''[-]'''
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[File:Amiruddin_Ahmad.jpg|164x164px]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[Justice]]
[[Amiruddin Ahmad]]<br>(acting){{Efn|Justice [[Amiruddin Ahmad]], Chief Justice of [[Dhaka High Court]], was appointed acting Governor on the resignation of Justice [[Muhammad Shahabuddin]]}}

<small>(1895-1965)</small>
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |<small>As Governor of [[East Pakistan]]:</small>
{{Date table  sorting|1955|10|14||format=dmy}}
----<small>As Governor of [[East Bengal]]:</small>
{{Date table  sorting|1955|6|14|}}<ref name=":83">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-25 |title=amiruddin - THE BANGABHABAN : The President House of Bangladesh |url=http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/amiruddin.html |access-date=2025-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425081002/http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/amiruddin.html |archive-date=25 April 2013 }}</ref>
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |{{Date table  sorting|1956|3|9||format=dmy}}<ref name=":83" />
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |<small>As Governor of [[East Pakistan]]:</small>
{{ayd|October 14, 1955|March 9, 1956}}
----<small>As Governor of [[East Pakistan|Eastern Wing]] :</small>
{{ayd|14 June 1955|March 9, 1956}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[Independent politician|Independent]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Iskander Mirza]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Krishak Sramik Party}}; color:white" |1
|[[File:A_k_fazlul_hoque.jpg|160x160px]]
|''[[Sher-e-Bangla]]''<br>[[A. K. Fazlul Huq]]
<small>(1873 - 1962)</small>
|{{Date table  sorting|1956|3|9||format=dmy}}<ref name=":92">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-25 |title=fazluhuq - THE BANGABHABAN : The President House of Bangladesh |url=http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/fazluhuq.html |access-date=2025-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425081037/http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/fazluhuq.html |archive-date=25 April 2013 }}</ref>
|{{Date table sorting|1958|3|31||format=dmy}}{{Efn|[[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Iskander Mirza]] removed [[A. K. Fazlul Huq]] as governor on 31 March 1958 on the advice of the [[Feroz Khan Noon|Noon cabinet]] for allegedly overstepping his limits as a constitutional Governor. [[A. K. Fazlul Huq|Huq]] had dismissed [[Ataur Rahman Khan|Ataur Rahman's]] Ministry of [[Awami League]] that had not been defeated on the [[Provincial Assembly of East Pakistan|floor of the House]], and had installed Mr. [[Abu Hussain Sarkar]] of his own party [[Krishak Sramik Party]] as [[Chief Minister of East Pakistan|Chief Minister]].}}<ref name=":92" /><ref name=":252">{{Cite news |date=1 April 1958 |title=করাচীর নির্দেশে পূর্ব পাকিস্তানের গভার্নর মিঃ ফজলুল হকের নাটকীয়ভাবে পদচ্যুত |trans-title=Governor of East Pakistan Mr. Fazlul Haq Dramatically Removed by Orders from Karachi |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kQ3OY8vI16501RGOqqw5z8bUnCXil-vE/view |access-date=21 February 2025 |work=The Jugantor |pages=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128040003/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kQ3OY8vI16501RGOqqw5z8bUnCXil-vE/view |archive-date=28 January 2025 |language=Bengali}}</ref>
|{{ayd|March 9, 1956|March 31, 1958}}
|[[Krishak Sramik Party]]
|- style="background:#e6e6aa;"
! style="background-color: gray; color:white" |'''[-]'''
|[[File:Governor Mr. Hamid Ali (cropped from a photograph taken with some members of the new cabinet after the swearing-in of the Ataur cabinet) 1 April 1958.jpg|120x120px]]
|[[Muhammad Hamid Ali]]
(acting){{Efn|[[Muhammad Hamid Ali]], Chief Secretary to the Governor of East Pakistan, was appointed Acting Governor in pursuance of the provisions of Article 70 of the [[Constitution of Pakistan of 1956|Constitution]] following the removal of [[A. K. Fazlul Huq|Sher-e-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Huq]] from the office}}

<small>(1906-1972)</small>
|{{Date table  sorting|1958|4|1||format=dmy}}<ref name=":102">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-25 |title=hamidali - THE BANGABHABAN : The President House of Bangladesh |url=http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/hamidali.html |access-date=2025-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425081107/http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/hamidali.html |archive-date=25 April 2013 }}</ref><ref name=":252" />
|{{Date table  sorting|1958|5|3||format=dmy}}<ref name=":102" /><ref name=":242">{{Cite news |date=3 May 1958 |title=পূর্ব পাকিস্তানের নয়া গভর্নর |trans-title=The New Governor of East Pakistan |url=https://songramernotebook.com/archives/248800 |work=The Azad |pages=1 |language=Bengali}}</ref>
|{{ayd|April 1, 1958|3 May 1958}}
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background-color: gray; color:white" |2
|[[File:Sultanuddin_Ahmad.jpg|160x160px]]
|[[Sultanuddin Ahmad]]
<small>(1902-1977)</small>
|<small>Appointment:</small><ref name=":112">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-25 |title=sultanuddin - THE BANGABHABAN : The President House of Bangladesh |url=http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/sultanuddin.html |access-date=2025-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425081237/http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/sultanuddin.html |archive-date=25 April 2013 }}</ref>
{{Date table  sorting|1958|4|26||format=dmy}}
----<small>Sworn in:<ref name=":112" /><ref name=":242" /></small>
{{Date table  sorting|1958|5|3||format=dmy}}
|{{Date table  sorting|1958|10|10||format=dmy}}{{Efn|[[Sultanuddin Ahmad]] was removed from office on 10 October 1958 soon after the promulgation of [[1958 Pakistani military coup|Martial Law in Pakistan]] on 7 October}}<ref name=":112" /><ref name=":1102">{{Cite news |date=12 October 1958 |title=Zakir Hussain installed as new governor |url=https://songramernotebook.com/archives/491801 |work=Bangladesh Observer (known as Pakistan Observer during Publication)}}</ref>
|{{ayd|3 May 1958|10  October 1958}}
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background-color: gray; color:white" |3
|[[File:Zakir_Husain_(governor).jpg|160x160px]]
|[[Zakir Husain (governor)|Zakir Husain]]
<small>(1898-1971)</small>
|<small>Appointment:</small><ref name=":122">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-25 |title=zakirhusain - THE BANGABHABAN : The President House of Bangladesh |url=http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/zakirhusain.html |access-date=2025-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425081253/http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/zakirhusain.html |archive-date=25 April 2013 }}</ref>
{{Date table  sorting|1958|10|10||format=dmy}}
----<small>Sworn in:<ref name=":122" /><ref name=":1102" /></small>
{{Date table  sorting|1958|10|11||format=dmy}}
|{{Date table  sorting|1960|4|14||format=dmy}}<ref name=":122" />
|{{ayd|11 October  1958|14 April 1960}}
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
| style="padding:0;" |<div style="padding:10;">[[Iskander Mirza]]</div>
----<div style="padding:10;">[[Ayub Khan]]</div>
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|military}};" |4
[[File:Pakistan_Army_Emblem.png|30x30px]]
|[[File:General_Azam_Khan_(cropped).jpg|120x120px]]
|[[Lieutenant general (Pakistan)|Lieutenant General]]
[[Azam Khan (general)|Azam Khan]]

<small>(1908-1994)</small>
|{{Date table  sorting|1960|4|15||format=dmy}}<ref name=":132">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-25 |title=azamkhan - THE BANGABHABAN : The President House of Bangladesh |url=http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/azamkhan.html |access-date=2025-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425081007/http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/azamkhan.html |archive-date=25 April 2013 }}</ref>
|{{Date table  sorting|1962|5|10||format=dmy}}<ref name=":132" />
|{{ayd|15 April  1960|10 May 1962}}
|[[Pakistan Army|Military]]
| rowspan="5" |[[Ayub Khan]]
|- style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| style="background-color:gray; color:white;" |'''[-]'''
|
|[[Syed Hashim Raza]]
(acting){{Efn|[[Syed Hashim Raza]] was Acting Governor of the province during the absence of General [[Azam Khan (general)|Azam Khan's]] official visit to [[West Germany]].}}

<small>(1910-2003)</small>
|{{Date table  sorting|1961|7|1||format=dmy}}<ref name=":142">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-25 |title=hashimraza - THE BANGABHABAN : The President House of Bangladesh |url=http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/hashimraza.html |access-date=2025-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425081112/http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/hashimraza.html |archive-date=25 April 2013 }}</ref>
|{{Date table  sorting|1961|8|5||format=dmy}}<ref name=":142" />
|{{ayd|1 July 1961|5 August 1961}}
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background-color: gray; color:white" |5
|[[File:Ghulam_Faruqe_Khan.jpg|120x120px]]
|[[Ghulam Faruque Khan]]
<small>(1899-1992)</small>
|{{Date table  sorting|1962|5|11||format=dmy}}<ref name=":152">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-25 |title=faruque - THE BANGABHABAN : The President House of Bangladesh |url=http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/faruque.html |access-date=2025-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425081031/http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/faruque.html |archive-date=25 April 2013 }}</ref>
|{{Date table  sorting|1962|10|25||format=dmy}}{{Efn|Unable to cope with the political problems of East Pakistan, [[Ghulam Faruque Khan]] resigned from office.}}<ref name=":152" />
|{{ayd|11 May 1962|25  October 1962}}
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League}}; color:white" |6
|[[File:Abdul_Monem_Khan.jpg|160x160px]]
|[[Abdul Monem Khan]]
<small>(1899-1971)</small>
|{{Date table  sorting|1962|10|28||format=dmy}}<ref name=":162">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-09 |title=monemkhan - THE BANGABHABAN : The President House of Bangladesh |url=http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/monemkhan.html |access-date=2025-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409085649/http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/monemkhan.html |archive-date=9 April 2013 }}</ref>
|{{Date table  sorting|1969|3|23||format=dmy}}<ref name=":162" />
|{{ayd|28 October  1962|23 March 1969}}<br><small>(Longest Serving)</small>
|[[Pakistan Muslim League|Muslim League]]
|-
! style="background-color: gray; color:white" |7
|[[File:Mirza_Nurul_Huda_Brussels_1976.jpg|160x160px]]
|[[Mirza Nurul Huda]]
<small>(1919-1991)</small>
|{{Date table  sorting|1969|3|23||format=dmy}}<ref name=":172">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-08 |title=nurulhuda - THE BANGABHABAN : The President House of Bangladesh |url=http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/nurulhuda.html |access-date=2025-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408020135/http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/nurulhuda.html |archive-date=8 April 2013 }}</ref>
|{{Date table  sorting|1969|3|25||format=dmy}}{{Efn|With the promulgation of Martial Law throughout Pakistan and the abrogation of the [[Constitution of Pakistan of 1962|constitution]] in the evening of 25 March, [[Mirza Nurul Huda]]'s tenure of governorship came to an abrupt end after just 60 hours.}}<ref name=":172" />
|{{ayd|23 March  1969|25 March 1969}}
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|military}};" |8

| style="background-color: pink;" |[[File:Muzaffaruddin.jpg|155x155px]]
| style="background-color: pink;" |[[Major General]]
[[Muzaffaruddin]]{{Efn|On 25 March 1969 [[General Yahya Khan]] proclaimed [[martial law]] and divided the country into two administrative zones: [[West Pakistan]] (Zone 'A') and East Pakistan (Zone 'B'). [[Muzaffaruddin]] was the [[General Officer Commanding]] of the 14th Division and became Martial Law Administrator, Zone 'B'. On 8 April 1969, Yahya Khan issued an order directing that the Martial Law Administrators of Zone 'A' and 'B' would perform the functions and powers of the Governors of [[West Pakistan|West]] and East Pakistan respectively. Thus Muzaffaruddin became Martial Law Administrator and also exercised the powers and functions of Governor of East Pakistan.|name=Marshall Law}}

<small>(Martial Law Administrator)</small>
| style="background-color: pink;" |{{Date table  sorting|1969|3|25||format=dmy}}<ref name=":182">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-09 |title=muzaffar - THE BANGABHABAN : The President House of Bangladesh |url=http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/muzaffar.html |access-date=2025-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409085729/http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/muzaffar.html |archive-date=9 April 2013 }}</ref>
| style="background-color: pink;" |{{Date table  sorting|1969|8|23||format=dmy}}<ref name=":182" />
| style="background-color: pink;" |{{ayd|25 March  1969|23 August 1969}}
| style="background-color: pink;" |[[Pakistan Army|Military]]
| rowspan="7" |[[Yahya Khan]]
|- style="background-color: pink;"
! style="background-color: {{party color|military}};" |9

|[[File:Sahabzada_Yaqub_Khan.jpg|155x155px]]
|[[Lieutenant general (Pakistan)|Lieutenant General]]
[[Sahabzada Yaqub Khan]]{{Efn|Appointed as Martial Law Administrator of Zone 'B' and exercised the powers and functions of the Governor of East Pakistan.}}

<small>(1920-2016)</small>

<small>(Martial Law Administrator)</small>
|{{Date table  sorting|1969|8|23||format=dmy}}<ref name=":192">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-09 |title=yaqubkhan - THE BANGABHABAN : The President House of Bangladesh |url=http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/yaqubkhan.html |access-date=2025-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425081248/http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/yaqubkhan.html |archive-date=25 April 2013 }}</ref>
|{{Date table  sorting|1969|9|1||format=dmy}}{{Efn|On 8 April 1969, [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Yahya Khan]] issued an order directing that the Martial Law Administrators would perform the functions and powers of the Governor. However, a notification issued by the [[Cabinet of Pakistan|cabinet secretariat]] on 1 September 1969 cancelled the order of 8 April 1969 and directed Martial Law Administrators to refrain from performing the functions of Governor in their respective provinces with immediate effect. [[Lieutenant general|Lt. General]] [[Sahabzada Yaqub Khan|Yaqub Khan]] remained Martial Law Administrator until [[Vice Admiral]] [[Syed Mohammad Ahsan|S. M. Ahsan]] took over as the new Governor of East Pakistan on 1 September 1969}}<ref name=":192" />
|{{ayd|23 August 1969|1  September 1969}}
|[[Pakistan Army|Military]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|military}};" |10

|
|[[Vice Admiral]]
[[Syed Mohammad Ahsan]]

<small>(1921-1989)</small>
|{{Date table  sorting|1969|9|1||format=dmy}}<ref name=":202">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-25 |title=ahsan - THE BANGABHABAN : The President House of Bangladesh |url=http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/ahsan.html |access-date=2025-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425080956/http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/ahsan.html |archive-date=25 April 2013 }}</ref>
|{{Date table  sorting|1971|3|1||format=dmy}}<ref name=":202" />
|{{ayd|1 September  1969|1 March 1971}}
|[[Pakistan Navy|Military]]
|- style="background-color: pink;"
! style="background-color: {{party color|military}};" |11

|[[File:Sahabzada_Yaqub_Khan.jpg|155x155px]]
|[[Lieutenant general (Pakistan)|Lieutenant General]]
[[Sahabzada Yaqub Khan]]{{Efn|Appointed the "head of civil administration in the province" and exercised the functions and powers of Governor from 1 March 1971 until the arrival of [[Lieutenant general (Pakistan)|Lieutenant General]] [[Tikka Khan]] on 7 March 1971.}}

<small>(1920-2016)</small>

<small>(Head of Civil Administration)</small>
|{{Date table  sorting|1971|3|1||format=dmy}}<ref name=":192" />
|{{Date table  sorting|1971|3|7||format=dmy}}<ref name=":192" />
|{{ayd|1 March 1971|7 March 1971}}
|[[Pakistan Army|Military]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|military}};" |12

|[[File:Tikka_Khan.png|143x143px]]
|[[Lieutenant general (Pakistan)|Lieutenant General]]
[[Tikka Khan]]

<small>(1915-2002)</small>
|<small>Appointment:</small><ref name=":212">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-09 |title=tikkakhan - THE BANGABHABAN : The President House of Bangladesh |url=http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/tikkakhan.html |access-date=2025-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409094534/http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/tikkakhan.html |archive-date=9 April 2013 }}</ref>
{{Date table  sorting|1971|3|6||format=dmy}}
----<small>Sworn in:<ref name=":212" /></small>
{{Date table  sorting|1971|3|7||format=dmy}}
----<small>Officially announced:<ref name=":212" /></small>
{{Date table  sorting|1971|3|9||format=dmy}}
|{{Date table  sorting|1971|9|3||format=dmy}}<ref name=":212" />
|{{ayd|7 March 1971|3 September 1971}}
|[[Pakistan Army|Military]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League}}; color:white" |13
|
|[[Abdul Motaleb Malik]]
<small>(1905-1977)</small>
|<small>Appointment:</small><ref name=":222">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-09 |title=malik - THE BANGABHABAN : The President House of Bangladesh |url=http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/malik.html |access-date=2025-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409094145/http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/malik.html |archive-date=9 April 2013 }}</ref>
{{Date table  sorting|1971|8|31||format=dmy}}
----<small>Sworn in:<ref name=":222" /></small>
{{Date table  sorting|1971|9|3||format=dmy}}
|{{Date table  sorting|1971|12|14||format=dmy}}{{Efn|[[Abdul Motaleb Malik]] along with his cabinet resigned on 14 December after realizing that [[Pakistani Instrument of Surrender|Pakistani defeat]] was imminent  and sought refuse in [[InterContinental Dhaka|Hotel Intercontinental]], seeking the protection of the [[Red Cross]] flag.}}<ref name=":222" />
|{{ayd|3 September  1971|14 December 1971}}
|[[Pakistan Muslim League|Muslim League]]
|- style="background-color: pink;"
! style="background-color: {{party color|military}};" |14

|[[File:Amir_Abdullah_Khan_Niazi.png|148x148px]]
|[[Lieutenant general (Pakistan)|Lieutenant General]]
[[A. A. K. Niazi]]{{Efn|Commander of the [[Eastern Command of the Pakistan Army]] and as the supreme authority of Pakistan in its eastern wing, functioned and exercised power as the Governor of East Pakistan after the resignation of [[Abdul Motaleb Malik]] during the last 48 hours of [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]}}

<small>(1915-2004)</small>

<small>(Supreme Authority of [[East Pakistan]])</small>
|{{Date table  sorting|1971|12|14||format=dmy}}<ref name=":232">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-09 |title=niazi - THE BANGABHABAN : The President House of Bangladesh |url=http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/niazi.html |access-date=2025-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409094159/http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/niazi.html |archive-date=9 April 2013 }}</ref>
|{{Date table  sorting|1971|12|16||format=dmy}}<ref name=":232" />
|{{ayd|14 December  1971|16 December 1971}}
|[[Pakistan Army|Military]]
|}