Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
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Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (Urdu: شاہد خاقان عباسی; born 27 December 1958) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 21st prime minister of Pakistan from August 2017 to May 2018. Abbasi is the senior vice President of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N), and has been the secretary-general of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an anti-PTI coalition of political parties in Pakistan.[3] He has been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since October 2018. Previously, he served as a member of the National Assembly for 8 non-consecutive terms since 1988.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi | |
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شاہد خاقان عباسی | |
21st Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
In office 1 August 2017 – 31 May 2018 | |
President | Mamnoon Hussain Arif Alvi Asif Ali Zardari |
Preceded by | Nawaz Sharif |
Succeeded by | Nasirul Mulk |
Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources | |
In office 7 June 2013 – 28 July 2017 | |
Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
Preceded by | Asim Hussain |
Succeeded by |
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Minister for Commerce | |
In office 31 March 2008 – 13 May 2008 | |
Prime Minister | Yusuf Raza Gillani |
Preceded by | Humayun Akhtar Khan |
Succeeded by | Ameen Faheem |
Chairperson Pakistan International Airlines | |
In office 27 December 1997 – 12 October 1999 | |
Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
Preceded by | Farooq Umar |
Succeeded by | Ahmad Saeed |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 14 October 2018 – 10 August 2023 | |
Preceded by | Hamza Shahbaz |
Constituency | NA-124 Lahore |
In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018 | |
Constituency | Constituency NA-50 |
Majority | 99,987 (48%) |
In office 17 March 2008 – 16 March 2013 | |
Constituency | Constituency NA-50 |
Majority | 134,439 (54%) |
In office 17 February 1997 – 12 October 1999 | |
Constituency | Constituency NA-36 |
Majority | 65,194 (58%) |
In office 19 October 1993 – 5 November 1996 | |
Constituency | Constituency NA-36 |
Majority | 76,596 (56%) |
In office 6 November 1990 – 18 July 1993 | |
Constituency | Constituency NA-36 |
Majority | 1990: 80,305 (59%) |
In office 2 December 1988 – 6 August 1990 | |
Preceded by | Khaqan Abbasi |
Constituency | Constituency NA-36 |
Majority | 47,295 (34%) |
Secretary General of Pakistan Democratic Movement | |
In office 20 September 2020 – 18 September 2023[1] | |
President | Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman |
Personal details | |
Born | (1958-12-27) 27 December 1958 (age 65) Murree, Punjab, Pakistan |
Other political affiliations |
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Spouse |
Samina Khaqan Abbasi
(m. 1986) |
Children | 3 |
Parent |
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Relatives | Muhammad Riaz Khan (father-in-law) Sadia Abbasi (sister) |
Education | Lawrence College |
Alma mater | |
Signature | |
Abbasi started his political career after the death of his father in 1988, and since then he has been elected a Member of the National Assembly six times for Constituency NA-50 (Rawalpindi). After the PML-N victory in the 1997 general election, he served as Chairman of Pakistan International Airlines until the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état. After the formation of a temporary coalition government following the 2008 general election, he was briefly the Minister for Commerce in the Gillani ministry. After the 2013 general election, he became the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources in the third Sharif ministry, where he served from 2013 until the disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after the Panama Papers case decision in July 2017. He was elected as 21st Prime Minister of Pakistan by the National Assembly in August 2017.