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He previously served as chairman of the Senate from 1985 to 1988 under president Zia-ul-Haq, and assumed the presidency in accordance with the constitutional line of succession following Zia's death.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"20 January 1915","date":"1915-01-20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314776#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Bannu District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3030995"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314776#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"27 October 2006","date":"2006-10-27"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314776#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Peshawar","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1113311"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314776#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Pakistan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q843"},{"text":"British Raj","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129286"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314776#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"financier","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1979607"},{"text":"botanist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374149"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314776#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Peshawar","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3918532"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314776#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of Pakistan (17 August 1988 – 18 July 1993)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q473984","start":"1988-08-17","end":"1993-07-18"},{"text":"Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan (21 March 1985 – 12 December 1988)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3297966","start":"1985-03-21","end":"1988-12-12"},{"text":"Federal Minister for Finance (5 July 1977 – 21 March 1985)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5449546","start":"1977-07-05","end":"1985-03-21"},{"text":"Defence Secretary of Pakistan (12 October 1975 – 5 July 1977)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5251256","start":"1975-10-12","end":"1977-07-05"},{"text":"Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (22 December 1971 – 30 November 1975)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3000092","start":"1971-12-22","end":"1975-11-30"},{"text":"Senator","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20081441"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314776#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghulam_Ishaq_Khan","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314776"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Ghulam Ishaq Khan born?","a":"Ghulam Ishaq Khan was born on 20 January 1915 in Bannu District."},{"q":"What positions has Ghulam Ishaq Khan held?","a":"Positions held by Ghulam Ishaq Khan include: President of Pakistan (1988–1993); Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan (1985–1988); Federal Minister for Finance (1977–1985); Defence Secretary of Pakistan (1975–1977); Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (1971–1975)."},{"q":"Where did Ghulam Ishaq Khan study?","a":"Ghulam Ishaq Khan was educated at University of Peshawar."}],"related":[{"name":"Muhammad Mian Soomro","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-mian-soomro"},{"name":"Pervez Musharraf","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pervez-musharraf"},{"name":"Rafiq Tarar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rafiq-tarar"},{"name":"Zulfikar Ali Bhutto","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/zulfikar-ali-bhutto"},{"name":"Asif Ali Zardari","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/asif-ali-zardari"},{"name":"Iskander Mirza","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/iskander-mirza"},{"name":"Wasim Sajjad","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/wasim-sajjad"},{"name":"Mir Hazar Khan Khosa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mir-hazar-khan-khosa"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/ghulam-ishaq-khan-679f87906c.jpg","width":209,"height":200,"license":"CC0","credit":"pavilion7","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ghulam_Ishaq_Khan_(cropped).JPG"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Ghulam Ishaq Khan","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghulam_Ishaq_Khan","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): गुलाम इसाक खान","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q314776","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314776","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Ghulam Ishaq Khan (cropped).JPG by pavilion7 (CC0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ghulam_Ishaq_Khan_(cropped).JPG","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Ghulam Ishaq Khan, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Ghulam Ishaq Khan (cropped).JPG — pavilion7, CC0.","cite":"\"Ghulam Ishaq Khan\". DigiNepal. Last updated 8 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/ghulam-ishaq-khan. Retrieved 8 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-08T06:49:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-08","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/ghulam-ishaq-khan","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/ghulam-ishaq-khan","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/ghulam-ishaq-khan?lang=ne"}}