Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman MNA |
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Emir of Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F) | |
Assumed office 1988 |
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Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 25 May 2004 – 15 November 2007 |
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President | Pervez Musharraf |
Prime Minister | Shaukat Aziz |
Preceded by | Benazir Bhutto |
Succeeded by | Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
Assumed office 1 June 2013 |
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In office 18 November 2002 – 18 November 2007 |
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Constituency | NA-24 (D.I.Khan) |
In office 17 March 2008 – 31 May 2013 |
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Constituency | NA-26 (Bannu) |
In office 2 December 1988 – 12 October 1999 |
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Constituency | D.I.Khan |
Personal details | |
Born |
Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan |
19 June 1953
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) |
Other political affiliations |
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) (2002–2008) |
Parents | Mufti Mahmud (father) |
Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman (Urdu: مولانا فضل الرحمٰن; born 19 June 1953) is a Pakistani politician who is currently a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and the President of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F). Rehman previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 2004 to 2007 during which time he was the Secretary General of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal.
Rehman rose to national prominence in 1988 and has been elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan since 1988. Rehman and his party remained coalition partners of the federal government during first and second ministry of Benazir Bhutto, Gillani ministry and third Sharif ministry.
Rehman was born on 19 June 1953 in Dera Ismail Khan. According to another report, he was born on 1 September 1953.
Rehman hails from a religious and political family Dera Ismail Khan. His father, Mufti Mahmud was an Islamic scholar and politician who served as the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 1972 to 1973.
Rehman begun his political career as the secretary general of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam in 1980 at the age of 27 after the death of his father Mufti Mahmud who was the leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam before his death.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam later split into two factions in the mid 1980s with the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), the main faction led by Rehman.
Rehman was elected as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan in Pakistani general elections, 1988 for the first time on from D.I.Khan seat. He then made connections with Afghan Taliban.