Afzal Rahman Khan Politician
Vice-Admiral Afzal Rahman Khan (Urdu: افضل رحمان خان; born: 1921— 2005; usually shortened as A.R. Khan), (HPk, HJ, HQA), was a high profile military official who served as the Interior and Defence Minister under the military government of Field Marshal Ayub Khan. Khan was one of the leading active duty naval officers who held this government offices and left these offices when General Yahya Khan, Army Commander-in-Chief, instituted another martial law on 25 March 1969. Before being appointed as Defense and Interior Minister, Khan was the Naval Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Navy and was also the longest serving Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Navy whose tenure ran from 1959 to 1966. He was awarded Hilal-i-Jurat for his role in leading the navy in the Indo-Pakistani September War of 1965. Vice Admiral Afzal Rahman Khan is known as "Father of Pakistan's Submarine Service Branch", during which, he played an influential role in Pakistan Navy to induced PNS Ghazi and PNS Hangor submarines.
Search
Office holder
| awards | |
|---|---|
| military operations | |
| military branch | |
| military command | DG Naval Intelligence (DGNI) Commander Logistics Commander Pakistan Fleet Naval Commander-in-Chief PNS Tariq PNS Tippu Sultan |
| military rank | |
| military unit | |
| office | Ayub Khan Administration |
| president | |
| service end | 1969 |
| service start | 1938 |
| successor |