Ahsan Iqbal
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MNA Ahsan Iqbal |
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| Minister for Planning and Development | |
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Assumed office 7 June 2013 |
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| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Naveed Qamar |
| Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan | |
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Assumed office 8 June 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Dr. Nadeem Ul Haque |
| Minister for Education | |
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In office 31 March 2008 – 13 May 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Javed Ashraf Qazi |
| Minister for Minorities | |
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In office 31 March 2008 – 13 May 2008 |
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| Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan | |
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In office 13 August 1998 – 12 October 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Hafeez Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 (age 58–59) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Citizenship |
 Pakistan
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| Nationality | Pakistan |
| Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
| Alma mater | University of Engineering and Technology, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania |
| Religion | Islam |
Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary (Urdu: احسن اقبال چودھری) is a Pakistani politician who is the current Minister of Planning and Development of Pakistan and the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of Pakistan in the third Sharif's ministry. A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-N), Iqbal previously briefly held the portfolio of Minister of Minorities and Minister of Education of Pakistan in the Gillani ministry in 2008.
Iqbal has been an elected member of the National Assembly of Pakistan non consecutively since 1993 representing constituency NA-117 (Narowal). He served as the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan from 1998 to 1999 during the Sharif's second ministry with the title of Minister of State.
Iqbal was born in 1958 from a family with a political background. His mother, Nisar Fatima was the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan on reserved seats for women in Pakistani general election, 1985. Iqbal's maternal grandfather, Chaudhry Abdul Rehman Khan was member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly during the British Raj from 1927 to 1945.
Iqbal attended the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore to study mechanical engineering in 1976 from where he graduated with B.Sc in 1981.
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