Chaudhary Pervez Elahi
| Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
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In office 25 June 2012 – 16 March 2013 |
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| President | Asif Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Pervez Ashraf |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 25 March 2008 – 17 September 2008 |
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| President | Asif Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Preceded by | Fazal-ur-Rehman |
| Succeeded by | Nisar Ali Khan |
| Chief Minister of Punjab | |
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In office 29 November 2002 – 18 November 2007 |
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| President | Pervez Musharraf |
| Prime Minister | Shaukat Aziz |
| Governor | Khalid Maqbool |
| Preceded by | Shahbaz Sharif |
| Succeeded by | Ejaz Nisar (Acting) |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
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Assumed office 1 June 2013 |
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| Constituency | NA-105 (Gujrat-II) |
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In office 17 March 2008 – 31 May 2013 |
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| Constituency | NA-58 (Attock-II) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 November 1945 Gujrat, Punjab Province, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (Q) |
| Children |
Monis Elahi Son |
| Relatives | See Chaudhry family |
| Alma mater | Forman Christian College University |
Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi (Urdu: چوہدری پرویز الہی; born 1 November 1945) is a Pakistani politician who is currently a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 2008 and is provincial president of Pakistan Muslim League (Q).
Being noted of being the first and only Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan, appointed in 2013. After a successful campaign in the 2002 general elections, he became the Chief Minister of Punjab Province and tenured until 2007. Contesting well in the general elections in 2008, he served as the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly of Pakistan for short time. He secured his victory in general elections in 2013.
Elahi was born 1 November 1945 in Gujrat, Punjab to industrialist Chaudhry Manzoor Elahi. According to another report, he was born on 17 November 1972.
He belongs to a political and industrialists family from Gujrat.
Elahi received his early education from Forman Christian College, Lahore in 1967 and later attended Watford College of Technology, London from where he received Diploma in Industrial Management.
He is a cousin of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain.
He is married and has two sons.
Elahi begun his political career after electing as the chairman of district council of Gujrat for the four years in 1983.
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