Ahmed E. H. Jaffer

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Ahmed E. H. Jaffer
Born(1909-08-09)August 9, 1909
Poona
Died1990
NationalityPakistani
Occupation(s)Politician and businessman
Known for Central Legislative Assembly member

Ahmed Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer was a Pakistani industrialist and politician. [1] He served as a member of the Central Legislative Assembly. [2]

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Early life and education

Jaffar was born on 9 August 1909 in Poona. [3] His father Sir Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer was a businessman. [1] He studied at Anglo Urdu Boys' High School and Deccan College. [4] [5]

Career

Jaffar was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly in 1934. [3] At 25, he was the youngest. [4] [1] In 1945, he was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly of India from Bombay. [4] He was one of two representatives of the Muslim community from the Bombay Presidency. [4] He served as the deputy whip of the All India Muslim League in the Central Legislative Assembly. [4] After the Partition of India, Jaffar served as the President of the Pakistan Chamber of Film Industry. [4] From 1948 to 1950, he was the president of Pakistan Olympic Association. [4] Jaffar was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. [3] From 1947 to 1955, he served in the Parliament of Pakistan. [3] He also incorporated his family business, founded in 1849 in Pune, in Karachi in 1948. [6]

Global policy

He was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a world constitution. [7] [8] As a result, for the first time in human history, a World Constituent Assembly convened to draft and adopt the Constitution for the Federation of Earth. [9]

Death and legacy

Jaffar died in 1990. [6] His memory is preserved by the Ahmed E. H. Jaffer Foundation in Pakistan. [1]

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