Aitzaz Ahsan
| Aitzaz Ahsan | |
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| Member of the Senate of Pakistan | |
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Assumed office 2012 |
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In office 1994–1999 |
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| Minister for Law and Justice | |
| Preceded by | Rana Sanaullah Khan |
| Succeeded by | Ashtar Ausaf Ali |
| 25th Minister of Interior | |
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In office 4 December 1988 – 6 August 1990 |
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| President | Farooq Leghari |
| Preceded by | Malik Nasim Ahmad |
| Succeeded by | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 27, 1945 Murree, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Spouse(s) | Bushra Ahsan |
| Education |
Government College Lahore(LLB) Downing College, Cambridge (LLM) |
Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan (Urdu: چودھری اعتزاز احسن; born 27 September 1945) is a Pakistani politician and a laywer who serves as the Senator from Punjab, in office since 2012.
Born in Murree, Ahsan studied law at the Government College and received a LLM from the Downing College, Cambridge. Ahsan became the Planning and Development Minister for Punjab in 1975. After the Operation Fair Play Ahsan became a prominent figure of the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy. Ahsan was elected to the National Assembly from Lahore in 1988 and served as the Interior minister of Pakistan under Benazir Bhutto's first government and served until 1990.
Ahsan was elected as a member of the Senate in 1994. He re-joined the cabinet after Benazir re-election, and went on to serve as the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights until 1997. He served as the minority leader in the Senate between 1996 and 1999. Ahsan was elected to National Assembly again in 2002, and went on to serve as the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association between 2007 and 2008. Ahsan was elected to the senate in 2012 and in 2015 became the minority leader.
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