Nurul Amin | |
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নুরুল আমিন نور الامین | |
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| 8th Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
| In office 7 December 1971 – 20 December 1971 | |
| President | Yahya Khan |
| Deputy | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Preceded by | Feroz Khan Noon Ayub Khan (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Acting President of Pakistan | |
| In office 20 January 1972 – 28 January 1972 | |
| President | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Preceded by | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Succeeded by | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| In office 1 April 1972 – 21 April 1972 | |
| President | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Preceded by | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Succeeded by | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Vice President of Pakistan | |
| In office 20 December 1971 – 14 August 1973 | |
| President | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Preceded by | Post created |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 9 July 1967 – 7 December 1970 | |
| Preceded by | Fatima Jinnah |
| Succeeded by | Khan Abdul Wali Khan |
| Chief Minister of East Pakistan | |
| In office 14 September 1948 – 3 April 1954 | |
| Governor | Feroz Khan Noon Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman |
| Preceded by | Khawaja Nazimuddin |
| Succeeded by | Fazlul Huq |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 July 1893 Shahbazpur, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 2 October 1974 (aged 81) Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Resting place | Mazar-e-Quaid, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Nationality |  Pakistani |
| Political party | Council Muslim League (since 1962) |
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Nurul Amin[a] (15 July 1893 – 2 October 1974) was a Pakistani politician and jurist who served as the eighth prime minister of Pakistan from 7 December to 20 December 1971. His term of only 13 days as prime minister was the shortest served in Pakistani parliamentary history. He was also the only Vice President of Pakistan.
Starting his political career in 1948 as Chief Minister of East Bengal, he headed the Ministry of Supply. Despite being a Bengali, Amin was against the Bengali language movement of 1952. After participating in the 1970 Pakistani general election, He was appointed as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. He was the first and only Vice President of Pakistan from 1970 to 1972 and also led Pakistan during the Liberation War of Bangladesh.
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