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The '''[[Governor-General]] of [[Pakistan]]''' was the resident representative of [[George VI of the United Kingdom|King George VI]] in Pakistan from [[1947]] to [[1952]] and then [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] ("Queen of Pakistan") from 1952 until [[1956]] when Pakistan was proclaimed a [[republic]].

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{{Album infobox | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->

| Name = The Last Protest Singer

| Type = CD

| Artist = [[Harry Chapin]]

| Cover = The_last_protest_singer.jpg

| Background =orange

| Released = 1988

| Recorded = 1980-81

| Genre = [[Singer-songwriter]]

| Length = 44:21

| Label = Dunhill Compact Classics

| Producer =Keith Walsh, Clair Marlo

| Reviews = <nowiki></nowiki>

*[[All Music Guide]]:[[Image:2of5.png]]

| Last album =''The Gold Medal Collection'' <br/> ([[1988]])

| This album ='''The Last Protest Singer''' <br/> ([[1988]])

| Next album =''The Bottom Line Encore Collection'' <br/> ([[1998]])

}}

'''''The Last Protest Singer''''' is a posthumously produced album by the American [[singer/songwriter]] [[Harry Chapin]], released in [[1988]]. Produced only as a CD, Harry Chapin had been working on the album when he died in 1981. Up to 18 songs were on master tape to a greater or lesser extent. 11 of these were far enough advanced to create this album.

When Pakistan became an independent, self-governing nation in 1947, it, like post-independent India, provisionally continued to use the [[Government of India Act 1935]], as its written constitution until a post-independence constitution could be drafted; by default this contemplated the continuation of the [[constitutional monarchy]] as a [[Commonwealth realm]] [[dominion]].

==Track listing==

#"Last of the Protest Singers"

#"November Rains"

#"Basic Protest Song"

#"Last Stand"

#"Sounds like America to me"

#"Word Wizard"

#"Anthem"

#"A Quiet Little Love Affair"

#"I Don't Want to Be President"

#"Silly Little Girl"

#"You Own the Only Light"

The monarch appointed a [[Governor-General]], upon the advice of the [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] to serve as [[de facto]] [[Head of State]].

== Personnel==

*Harry Chapin - [[guitar]], [[vocals]]

*[[Tom Chapin]] - [[guitar]]

*Grant Geissman - [[guitar]]

*Jon Corbert - [[piano]]

*[[Steve Chapin]] - [[piano]]

*Pat Coil - [[piano]]

*Bill Lanphier - [[bass guitar]]

*[[John Wallace (musician)|John Wallace]] - [[bass guitar]]

*Howie Fields - [[drums]] and [[percussion]]

*M. B. Gordy - [[drums]] and [[percussion]]

*Grant Geissman - [[electric guitar]]

*Doug Walker - [[electric guitar]]

*Jon Corbert - [[synthesizer]]

*Clair Marlo - [[synthesizer]]

[[Mohammed Ali Jinnah]], considered ''Quaid-e-Azam'' ("[[Father of the Nation]]"), informed [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Lord Mountbatten]]: "when I am Governor-General the Prime Minister will do what I tell him to" -- however Jinnah's rapidly declining health made the issue moot.

[[Category:Harry Chapin albums|Last Protest Singer, The]] [[Category:1988 albums|Last Protest Singer, The]]

After [[Jinnah]]'s death the Governor-General of Pakistan continued to serve a larger role than the India Act proscribed, dismissing multiple Prime Ministers and consolidating power.

The office of Governor-General was replaced by the office of [[President of Pakistan]] when Pakistan became a [[republic]] in 1956. The then Governor-General, [[Iskander Mirza]], became Pakistan's first president.

==Governors-General of Pakistan==

*[[Mohammed Ali Jinnah]] ([[15 Aug]] [[1947]]&ndash;[[11 Sep]] [[1948]])

*[[Khwaja Nazimuddin]] ([[14 Sep]] [[1948]]&ndash;[[17 Oct]] [[1951]])

*[[Ghulam Mohammad]] ([[17 Oct]] [[1951]]&ndash;[[6 Oct]] [[1955]])

*[[Iskander Mirza]] ([[6 Oct]] [[1955]]&ndash;[[23 Mar]] [[1956]])

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