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{{short description|Pakistani admiral}}
{{other people|Hasan Ahmed}}
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| name =Hasan Hafeez Ahmed
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*{{small|[[World War II in Europe|European Front]]}}
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[[Vice-Admiral]] '''Hasan Hafeez Ahmed''' ([[Urdu language|Urdu]]:حسن حفيظ احمد; b. 1926-8 March 1975{{rp|329}}<ref name="Sang-e-Meel Publications">{{cite book|last1=Rizvi|first1=Hasan Askari|title=The Military & Politics in Pakistan, 1947-1997|year=2000|publisher=Sang-e-Meel Publications|isbn=9789693511482|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xMreAAAAMAAJ&q=hafeez+ahmed+|accessdate=3 January 2017|language=en}}</ref>), {{small| [[Tamgha-e-Quaid-e-Azam|TQA]]}}, usually shortened to '''H.H. Ahmed''', was a senior [[Pakistan Navy]] officer who served as the first [[Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Naval Staff (CNS)]] of Pakistan Navy from 1972 until his death from sickness in 1975.<ref name="Sang-e-Meel Publications"/>

Despite appointed to the [[Four star rank|four-star]] appointment, he was retained at the three-star rank and took over the command of the Navy from its [[Commander in Chief (Pakistan Navy)|Commander-in-Chief]] Vice-Admiral [[Muzaffar Hassan]] who was dismissed from the military service.

==Biography==

Hassan Hafeez Ahmad was born in [[Multan]], [[British Punjab|Punjab]], [[British Indian Empire|British India]], in 1926.{{rp|3}}<ref name="Bowker" /> He was educated in a local school in Multan and was a contemporary of Mansoor Shah who would later join the [[Pakistan Air Force]] in 1947.{{rp|288–289}}<ref name="Oxford University Press, Shah">{{cite book|last1=Shah, PAF|first1=Air Commodore Mansoor|title=The Gold Bird: Pakistan and Its Air Force—Observations of a Pilot|date=2002|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Karachi, [pk]|isbn=9780195797725|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G3_fAAAAMAAJ&q=Hasan+hafeez+ahmed+|accessdate=3 January 2017|language=en}}</ref>

After his high school graduation in 1943, he joined the [[Royal Indian Navy]] as a [[petty officer]] and participated in [[World War II]].{{rp|289}}<ref name="Oxford University Press, Shah"/> In 1945, he joined the [[Britannia Royal Naval College]] in [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]], [[England]] where he graduated in 1947.{{rp|3}}<ref name="Bowker" /> Upon returning to [[British India]], he joined the [[Pakistan Navy]] and was commissioned as a [[Sub Lieutenant|Sub-Lieutenant]].{{rp|3}}<ref name="Bowker" /> He continued his training with the [[Royal Navy]] and specialized in technical naval courses from the [[United Kingdom]] in 1947-49.{{rp|3}}<ref name="Bowker" />

In 1964, he attended the [[Joint Service Defence College]] in [[Latimer, Buckinghamshire|Latimer]] [[Buckinghamshire]], [[England]], and subsequently graduated with a [[Joint warfare|joint staff]] degree in 1965.{{rp|3}}<ref name="Bowker" /> Upon his return, he was posted in [[Ministry of Defence (Pakistan)|Ministry of Defence]] as an [[undersecretary]] as a Director of Naval Operations and participated in the [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1965]].{{rp|3}}<ref name="Bowker" /> After the war, he was posted to the [[Embassy of Pakistan, Washington, D.C.|Pakistan Embassy]] in [[Washington D.C.]] as a [[military attaché]] which he remained until 1966.{{rp|3}}<ref name="Bowker" /> In 1970, he was appointed as the first commandant of the [[Pakistan Naval Academy]] as a [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] and was appointed as Commander [[Karachi coast|Coast]] in 1971 as a [[Rear-Admiral]]. {{rp|3}}<ref name="Bowker" />{{rp|235}}<ref name="Lancer Publishers, Roy">{{cite book|last1=Roy|first1=Mihir K.|title=War in the Indian Ocean|year=1995|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=9781897829110|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tqr8r7EB18wC&dq=Admiral+H+H+Ahmed&pg=PA235|accessdate=3 January 2017|language=en}}</ref>{{rp|Annexure}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cardozo|first1=Major General Ian|title=The Sinking of INS Khukri: Survivor's Stories|date=December 2006|publisher=Roli Books Private Limited|isbn=9789351940999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xvs_CgAAQBAJ&dq=Admiral+H+H+Ahmed&pg=PT161|accessdate=3 January 2017|language=en}}</ref>

After participating in the [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1971]] he continued to serve as commander of the coastal defense command but demoted to [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] in the Navy.{{rp|180}}<ref name="Sang-e-Meel Publications, Hussain">{{cite book|last1=Hussain|first1=Syed Shabbir|title=Ayub, Bhutto, and Zia: How They Fell Victim to Their Own Plans|year=2000|publisher=Sang-e-Meel Publications|isbn=9789693510805|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J9Q-AQAAIAAJ&q=Hassan+Hafeez+Ahmed+commodore|accessdate=3 January 2017|language=en}}</ref> In 1972, he was elevated as the first [[Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Naval Staff]] after the dismissal of [[Muzaffar Hassan]]. He was the most junior officer and superseded five senior's including three Rear-Admirals and two Commodores.{{rp|76–77}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jafri|first1=Maqsood|title=The Ideals of Bhutto|date=2008|publisher=National Book Foundation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vgRuAAAAMAAJ&q=Hassan+Hafeez+Ahmed+|accessdate=3 January 2017|language=en}}</ref>

As a naval chief, his task was to reconstruct and rebuild the navy into a formidable force.{{rp|46}}<ref name="AuthorHouse, Anwar">{{cite book|last1=Anwar|first1=Dr Muhammad|title=Friends Near Home: Pakistan's Strategic Security Options|date=27 November 2006|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=9781467015417|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L0W51yRD0GwC&dq=Admiral+Hassan+Ahmed+transformed&pg=PA46|accessdate=3 January 2017|language=en}}</ref> In a short spa of time, he transformed the Navy into three-dimensional force when he commissioned the [[Pakistan Naval Air Arm|naval aviation]] and commissioning the new [[NHQ (PN)|Navy NHQ]] in [[Rawalpindi]] in the vicinity of [[GHQ (Pakistan Army)|Army GHQ]] in 1974.{{rp|46}}<ref name="AuthorHouse, Anwar"/>

On 8 March 1975, he died from sickness unexpectedly while serving as naval chief and commanding the navy, at the age of 49.{{rp|44}}<ref name="Pakistan Economist, Ali">{{cite magazine|last1=Ali|first1=S. Akhtar|title=Death of a Silent Admiral|magazine=Pakistan Economist|date=1 January 1975|volume=15|issue=1–13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LeMnAAAAMAAJ&q=Hassan+Hafeez+Ahmed|accessdate=3 January 2017|publisher=S. Akhtar Ali|language=en}}</ref> He was the first of two chief's of staff who died in the office- the other being General [[Asif Nawaz]].

==Sources==
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==External links==
*[http://www.paknavy.gov.pk/ Official website of Pakistan Navy]

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