Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan Elect |
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Taking office TBA |
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Succeeding | Nawaz Sharif |
Constituency | NA-120 (Lahore-III) |
First Lady of Pakistan | |
In office 5 June 2013 – 28 July 2017 |
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Preceded by | Nusrat Pervaiz Asharaf |
In office 17 February 1997 – 12 October 1999 |
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Preceded by |
Asif Ali Zardari (First Gentleman) |
Succeeded by | Sehba Musharraf |
In office 6 November 1990 – 18 July 1993 |
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Preceded by |
Asif Ali Zardari (First Gentleman) |
Succeeded by |
Asif Ali Zardari (First Gentleman) |
Leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) | |
In office 12 October 1999 – 10 October 2002 |
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Preceded by | Nawaz Sharif |
Succeeded by | Shahbaz Sharif |
Personal details | |
Born |
Kulsoom Butt Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
Spouse(s) | Nawaz Sharif |
Relations | See Sharif family |
Children | Maryam, Asma, Hassan and Hussain |
Alma mater |
Islamia College Lahore Forman Christian University |
Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif (Urdu: كلثوم نواز شريف) is a Pakistani politician who is currently a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan. She was the First Lady of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms; from 1990 to 1993, 1997 to 1999 and then from 2013 to 2017.
Born into a Kashmiri family in Lahore, she attended Islamia College and Forman Christian College University for her graduation. Kulsoom is married to Nawaz Sharif, with whom she has four children. Kulsoom served as the President of Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) from 1999 to 2002.
Sharif was born in Lahore, into a Kashmiri family.
She attended Islamia College and graduated from the Forman Christian College in Lahore. She received a master's degree in Urdu from the Punjab University in 1970.
Kulsoom became First Lady of Pakistan for the first time after her husband, Nawaz Sharif, became Prime Minister of Pakistan on 1 November 1990 when his party, Islami Jamhoori Ittehad, won 104 of 207 seats contested in the Pakistani general election, 1990. His first term as Prime Minister ended in July 1993.