Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi | |
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Prime Minister of Pakistan Acting |
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In office 6 August 1990 – 6 November 1990 |
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President | Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
Preceded by | Benazir Bhutto |
Succeeded by | Nawaz Sharif |
Chief Minister of Sindh | |
In office 25 December 1973 – 5 July 1977 |
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Governor |
Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan Muhammad Dilawar Khanji |
Preceded by | Mumtaz Bhutto |
Succeeded by | Ghous Ali Shah |
Personal details | |
Born |
New Jatoi, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Shaheed Benazir Abad District, Sindh, Pakistan) |
14 August 1931
Died | 20 November 2009 London, England, United Kingdom |
(aged 78)
Political party |
Pakistan Peoples Party (Before 1986) National Peoples Party (1986–2009) |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (Urdu: غلام مصطفى جتوئی) was a Pakistani politician, and was the Acting Prime Minister of Pakistan for three months, from 6 August 1990 to 6 November 1990. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi's ancestors were Murids of the Pir's of Sarhandi.
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi was born in New Jatoi, Naushehro Feroze District, Sindh. He was the eldest of four brothers, and his grandfather, Khan Bahadur Imam Bux Khan Jatoi, was a member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly in 1923, 1927 and 1931. At the time there were only four members representing the entire present Province of Sindh.
His father Ghulam Rasool Jatoi was a member of the Sindh Legislative Assembly twice in 1946 and again 1952, after which one unit was imposed in West Pakistan.
Jatoi was educated at Karachi Grammar School and passed his senior Cambridge. In 1952, he went to England for his bar at law, but had to return home within one year due to his father's serious illness.
Mr Jatoi was an active leader in politics. He was one of the founding members of Pakistan Peoples Party along with Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. He was one of Bhutto's closest confidants till Bhutto's execution in 1979. He remained associated with the PPP till 1986 when he formed his own party with its emblem of a tractor, becoming one of Pakistan's political leaders with his own political party.
Jatoi was elected to the first Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan in 1956. He has also serves as chairman District Board of Nawabshah District in 1952, holding the distinction of being the youngest District Board chairman on the South Asia.