Sharifuddin Pirzada
Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada | |
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شریف الدین پیرزادہ سيد | |
Pirzada in 2007 | |
| 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 31 August 1966 – 1 May 1968 | |
| President | Ayub Khan |
| Preceded by | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Succeeded by | Mian Arshad Hussain |
| Attorney General of Pakistan | |
| In office 1968–1971 | |
| President | Yahya Khan |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim |
| In office 1977–1984 | |
| Preceded by | Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim |
| Succeeded by | Aziz A. Munshi |
| Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation | |
| In office 1985–1988 | |
| Preceded by | Habib Chatty |
| Succeeded by | Hamid Algabid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 June 1923 |
| Died | 2 June 2017 (aged 93) |
| Party | All-India Muslim League (Before 1947) Muslim League (1947–1958) |
| Alma mater | University of Mumbai Inns of Court School of Law |
| Awards | Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1998) |
Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada (شریف الدین پیرزادہ سيد) NI Ambassador at Large Secretary General OIC (1985-1988)Barrister (12 June 1923 – 2 June 2017)
Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada was born on 12 June 1923 in Burhanpur (British India). He was an elder statesman of Pakistan, a leading historian of the Pakistan movement, and a pre-eminent lawyer who was widely regarded as one of Pakistan's leading constitutional experts. Mr. Pirzada started his political career by working for Muhammad Ali Jinnah as an assistant in Bombay in 1941, and it was at Jinnah's behest that he chose the legal profession.
Mr. Pirzada held a variety of high level positions in the Pakistan government including Foreign Minister of Pakistan (twice), Attorney General of Pakistan (three times), and served as senior advisor to former President Musharraf with the status of senior federal minister from 1999 till 2007.
He also led the Pakistani delegation a number of times to the UN General Assembly, the UN Human Rights Council, the Law of Sea Conference, as well as addressed the UN Security Council many times on issues related to Islamic countries. He successfully argued at the International Court of Justice, was appointed by the UN General Assembly to the International Law Commission, served as a judge at the ICJ, and was elected Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) which remains the highest post any Pakistani has ever achieved.
Mr. Pirzada was awarded the Nishan-e-Imtiaz Pakistan's highest civil award in 1998, and received high civil awards from Jordan, Syria, France, South Korea and Germany.
Mr. Pirzada published several books on the Pakistan movement and aspects of constitutional law in Pakistan.