Muzaffar Hassan

Vice Admiral Muzaffar Hassan
مظفر حسن
Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Navy
In office 1 September 1969 – 22 December 1971
President	Yahya Khan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Vice President	Nurul Amin
Preceded by	Syed Mohammad Ahsan
Succeeded by	Hasan Hafeez Ahmed
Personal details
Born	Muzaffar Hassan 1920 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, British Indian Empire Present-day India
Died	2012 (aged 91–92) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Citizenship	British Subject (1920–1947) Pakistan (1947–2012)
Awards	Hilal-i-Quaid-e-Azam Sitara-e-Pakistan Sitara-i-Khidmat
Military service
Branch/service	Royal Indian Navy (1941–1947)  Pakistan Navy (1947–71)
Years of service	1941–71
Rank	Vice Admiral
Unit	Navy Executive Branch S/No. PN. 073
Commands	Western Naval Command Commander Karachi (COMKAR)
Battles/wars	World War II European Front Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 1971 Naval operations

Vice Admiral Muzzafar Hassan (Urdu: مظفر حسن; b. 1920–24 May 2012^[1][2]) SPk, HQA, Sk, was a Pakistan Navy senior admiral who served as the last Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Navy from 1969 until 1972, serving under first President Yahya Khan and then under President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.^{: 199 [3]}

He is notable for commanding the Pakistan Navy in naval events in the war with India in 1971 and was dismissed from his military service and relieved from the command of the Navy over the allegations proved in the light of War Enquiry Commission by the Judge Advocate General of Navy. His termination came along with the commanders of army, Lieutenant-General Gul Hassan and air force Air Marshal A.R. Khan in 1972. He was succeeded by the Vice-Admiral Hasan Hafeez Ahmed following his termination.