Abdul Hamid Khan (Azad Kashmiri politician)

{{Short description|Pakistani politician (born 1907)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Abdul Hamid Khan

| office2 = President of Azad Kashmir

| term_start2 = 7 August 1964

| term_end2 = 7 October 1969

| predecessor2 = Khurshid Hasan Khurshid

| successor2 = Abdul Rahman Khan (interim)

| office1 = Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir

| term_start1 = 5 July 1975

| term_end1 = 31 August 1977

| predecessor1 = Office established

| successor1 = Sardar Sikdandar Hayat

| office3 = Chief Justice of High Court of Azad Kashmir

| term_start3 = 1 October 1963

| term_end3 = 13 October 1964

| predecessor3 = Fayyaz Hussain Shah

| successor3 = Khwaja Muhammad Sharif

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1907|10|15}}

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| party = Independent

| native_name_lang = ur

| native_name = عبدالحمید خان

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Khan Abdul Hamid Khan (Urdu: خان عبدالحمید خان, pronounced [xa:ɳ əbdʊl ɦəm'i:d xa:ɳ], born 15 October 1907, date of death unknown) was a Pakistani Azad Kashmiri politician and jurist who served as the 1st Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir from 1 June 1975 to 31 August 1977. He also served as President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir from 7 August 1964 to 7 October 1969.

Khan's older brother, Abdul Qayyum Khan, was a well known Pakistani politician who served as the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Interior Minister of Pakistan. He belonged to the Swati tribe living in Baramaulla.

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Category:1907 births

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Category:Pakistani people of Kashmiri descent

Category:Prime ministers of Azad Kashmir

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