Jehangir Khan Tareen
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Jahangir Khan Tareen MNA |
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| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
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Assumed office October 2002 |
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| Federal Minister for Industries and Production | |
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In office August 2004 – November 2007 |
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| President | Pervez Musharraf |
| Prime Minister | Shaukat Aziz |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 July 1953 . Comilla, East Pakistan |
| Nationality |
 Pakistani
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| Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) |
| Alma mater |
Forman Christian College University of North Carolina |
Jahangir Khan Tareen (Urdu: جہانگیر خان ترین; born 4 July 1953) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who is currently a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and serving as the Secretary General of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Born in Comilla, Tareen was educated at the Forman Christian College, Lahore, and later attended the University of North Carolina. Prior to entering politics, he had been a lecturer, and a banker.
Tareen began his political career in 2002. He served as special adviser on agriculture and social sector initiatives to then Chief Minister of Punjab Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi before being appointed as the Federal Minister for Industries and Production where he served from 2004 to 2007 in the Shaukat Aziz ministry. In 2011, he joined PTI and became its General Secretary.
Tareen has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 2002 and considered as one of the wealthiest politician of Pakistan.
Tareen was born on 4 July 1953 in Comilla, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). He graduated from Forman Christian College, Lahore in 1971 and received an MBA degree from the University of North Carolina, USA, in 1974.
He is an entrepreneur by profession and prior to entering in politics, he has also been a lecturer, and a banker. He headed the Punjab Task Force on Agriculture from 1997 to 1999 and the Punjab Task Force on Wheat Procurement and Marketing from 2001 to 2002.
Tareen is considered one of the wealthiest politicians in Pakistan, with assets worth around Rs1.18 billion; he owns thousands of acres of farmland and some of the largest sugar mills in Pakistan. He owns a private plane in which Imran Khan often travels. He inherited his first sugar mill in Rahim Yar Khan from his father-in-law Makhdoom Hasan Mehmood, who was a politician in the 1970s and 1980s.
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