Syed Amjad Ali

Syed Amjad Ali
OBE
Pakistan Ambassador to the United States
In office
1953–1955
Preceded by Muhammad Ali Bogra
Succeeded by Muhammad Ali Bogra
Federal Minister for Finance
In office
1955–1958
Preceded by Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
Succeeded by Muhammad Shoaib
Personal details
Born 5 July 1907
Lahore, British Raj
Died 5 March 1997 (aged 90)
Lahore, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani
Relations Syed Babar Ali (brother)[1]
Syed Wajid Ali (brother)[1]

Syed Amjad Ali CIE OBE (Urdu: سید امجد علی‎; 5 July 1907 – 5 March 1997) was a Pakistani politician during the British Raj and a civil servant who served as Finance Minister of Pakistan from 1955 to 1958 and as Pakistani Ambassador to the United States from 1953 to 1955.[1][2]

Ali was born in Lahore, the eldest son of Sir Syed Maratib Ali, a prominent Muslim businessman in the Punjab. Syed Babar Ali and Syed Wajid Ali were his younger brothers.[3] He had connections for diplomacy in the final days of the British colony, as he knew many prominent people in the Muslim, Hindu, Sikh and British communities.[2]

Ali was educated at the St. Agnes Loreto Convent in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, followed by the Muslim High School and Government College in Lahore. After receiving his B. A. in 1927, he went to London for legal studies at the Middle Temple. While in London, he served as honorary secretary of the Muslim delegations at the First Round Table Conference in 1930–31 and for the Indian delegation at the Second Round Table Conference at the end of 1931.[2] He returned home and worked for his father's company, A. & M. Wazir Ali. He was appointed an OBE in the 1936 Birthday Honours.[4] and a CIE in 1944 Birthday Honours.[5]

During the last few years of British rule, Ali worked closely with "two giants of pre-partition Punjab politics"— Fazl-i-Hussain and Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan —while sitting in the Punjab Legislative Assembly (1937–45) and the Constituent Assembly of India (1946).[2]

After independence from India and British rule, Ali served as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States (1953–55), Finance Minister of Pakistan (1955–58), and Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1964–67).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Saxon, Wolfgang (17 March 1997). "Syed Amjad Ali, 89, of Pakistan, Envoy to Washington and U.N." The New York Times. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Syed Amjad Ali - Introduction". Archived from the original on 8 May 2006.
  3. ↑ Markovits, C. (2008). Merchants, Traders, Entrepreneurs: Indian Business in the Colonial Era. Springer. p. 84. ISBN 9780230594869. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "No. 34296". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 June 1936. p. 4007.
  5. ↑ "No. 36544". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1944. p. 2571.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Muhammad Ali Bogra		 Pakistan Ambassador to the United States
1953 – 1955		 Succeeded by
Muhammad Ali Bogra
Preceded by
Muhammad Zafrulla Khan		 Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations
1964 – 1967		 Succeeded by
Agha Shahi
Political offices
Preceded by
Chaudhry Muhammad Ali		 Finance Minister of Pakistan
1955 – 1958		 Succeeded by
Muhammad Shoaib
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