Sikandar Hayat Khan (Azad Kashmir politician)

Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan
Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
In office 17 June 1985 – 28 June 1990
Preceded by	Abdul Hamid Khan
Succeeded by	Raja Mummtaz Hussain Rathore
In office 25 July 2001 – 23 July 2006
Preceded by	Barrister Sultan Mahmood
Succeeded by	Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan
President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
In office 12 August 1991 – 11 May 1996
Preceded by	Abdul Rasheed Abbasi (Speaker Assembly / Acting)
Succeeded by	Abdul Rasheed Abbasi (Speaker Assembly / Acting)
In office 23 May 1996 – 11 August 1996
Preceded by	Abdul Rasheed Abbasi (Speaker Assembly / Acting)
Succeeded by	Raja Mummtaz Hussain Rathore(Speaker Assembly / Acting)
Personal details
Born	(1934-06-01)1 June 1934 Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir
Died	9 October 2021(2021-10-09) (aged 87) Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir

Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan (1 June 1934 – 9 October 2021) was twice a former Prime Minister and President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. He was the longest serving Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Early life

Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan was born into a famous political family of Kashmir. He was the son of Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Karela vi. Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan graduated from Gordon College (Rawalpindi) in 1956. He then went to the University Law College in Lahore for a law degree in 1958.

Political career

He returned to Kotli to start a law practice. He joined the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference. He also successfully ran for membership of the local council. He had this position for eight years. During this period he was also elected as President of Bar Association, Kotli. In 1970, he was elected to the Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly.

He has been returned to office from his constituency in every election held in Azad Kashmir between 1970 and 2001, barring the years when he was President of Azad Kashmir. His brother Sardar Muhammad Naeem Khan served as a member from that area during that period.

He was acting President of the Jammu & Kashmir Muslim Conference in the 1976-78 period. He was elected President in 1978, a position he held until 1988.

In 1985, he was elected Prime Minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. He kept that office for the next five years. He was leader of the opposition in the Assembly during the next two years. Then he was elected President of Azad Jammu & Kashmir for a five-year term in 1991.

He was sworn in as Prime Minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir on July 25, 2001 for the second time. He retired from active politics in July 2006 after completing his second term.

Death

Khan died in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir from heart disease on 9 October 2021, aged 87.

Other websites

• PakDef E-Reporter Vol. I, Issue 3 - page 20 Archived 2012-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
• Profile of Sardar Muhammad Naeem Khan, Minister of Revenue, Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine