Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal

Not to be confused with Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar.

Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal (Urdu: چوہدری جعفر اقبال; born 2 September 1972) is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Maritime Affairs, in the Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018.

Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal
چوہدری جعفر اقبال
Minister of State for Maritime Affairs
In office 4 August 2017 – 31 May 2018
President	Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
Constituency	NA-106 (Gujrat)
Personal details
Born	(1972-09-02) 2 September 1972 (age 52)
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)

Early life

He was born on 2 September 1972.^[1]

Political career

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-113 (Gujrat-VI) in 2002 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful.^[2] He received 26,556 votes and lost the seat to a candidate off Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).^[3]

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-113 (Gujrat-VI) in 2008 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 34,705 votes and lost the seat to Mian Tariq Mehmood.^[4]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-106 (Gujrat-III) in 2013 Pakistani general election.^{[5][6][7][8][9]} He received 83,024 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Syed Noor Ul Hassan Shah.^[10] During his tenure as Member of the National Assembly, he served as the Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Defence.^[11]

Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi.^[12][13] He was appointed the Minister of State for Maritime Affairs.^[14][15] Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Iqbal ceased to hold the office as Minister of State for Maritime Affairs.^[16]

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