Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui (1 December 1939 to 11 January 2017) was the fifteenth Chief Justice of Pakistan, serving from 1 July 1999 until his effective removal on 26 January 2000. Born in Lucknow, he had earlier been Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court from 1990 to 1992. During the 1999 military coup he refused to take an oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order, saying that doing so would be a deviation from his oath to defend the 1973 constitution, a stand that forced his effective resignation and drew recognition from judicial bodies in Australia and the United Kingdom. He later served as Governor of Sindh from November 2016 until his death two months later, and was one of only two people given a state funeral at the Governor's House in Karachi, alongside the country's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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RoleJurist and legislator of great prominence 2 Nationality / Jurisdiction Place of Death Classification
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Why did Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui leave the office of Chief Justice of Pakistan?
He refused to take an oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order after the 1999 coup.
Siddiqui was Chief Justice when the 1999 military coup took place. He refused a request from the military government to take a new oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order, saying that taking an oath under the order would be a deviation from the oath he had taken to defend the constitution of 1973. Because of that refusal he was forced to step down from his position by the military regime.
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Justice Muhammad Saiduzzaman Siddiqui (Urdu: سعید الزمان صدیقی; 1 December 1939 - 11 January 2017) (pronunciation 'sa'eed -uz- zam'an'; alternatively / officially M. Saiduzzaman Siddiqui) was a Pakistani jurist and legislator of great prominence who formerly served as the 15th Chief Justice of Pakistan and, prior to that, the 7th Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court.
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Siddiqui's name for the award on the advice of Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, which was to be received by his wife Dr. Saiduzzaman Siddiqui) was a Pakistani jurist and legislator of great prominence who formerly served as the 15th Chief Justice of Pakistan and, prior to that, the 7th Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court. At the time of his death, he was serving as the 31st Governor of Sindh.
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Justice Muhammad Saiduzzaman Siddiqui (Urdu: سعید الزمان صدیقی; 1 December 1939 - 11 January 2017) (pronunciation 'sa'eed -uz- zam'an'; alternatively / officially M. Saiduzzaman Siddiqui) was a Pakistani jurist and legislator of great prominence who formerly served as the 15th Chief Justice of Pakistan and, prior to that, the 7th Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court.
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was a Pakistani jurist and legislator of great prominen
Member Of: Supreme Court of Pakistan, Wikipedia category: Chief justices of Pakistan
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Wikidata Q9332702, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1937
Wikidata Q9332702, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1937-12-01
Wikidata Q9332702, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 2017
Wikidata Q9332702, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 2017-01-11
Wikidata Q9332702, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Lucknow
Wikidata Q9332702, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Karachi
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