Manzoor Wattoo
| Manzoor Wattoo | |
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| Minister of States, Frontiers and Kashmir Affairs | |
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In office 22 June 2012 – 16 March 2013 |
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| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Najmuddin Khan |
| Chief Minister of Punjab | |
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In office 3 November 1996 – 16 November 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Sardar Arif Nakai |
| Succeeded by | Azfal Hyatt |
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In office 20 October 1993 – 13 September 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Manzoor Illahi |
| Succeeded by | Sardar Arif Nakai |
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In office 25 April 1993 – 19 July 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Heather Wynne |
| Succeeded by | Manzoor Illahi |
| Personal details | |
| political party: Pakistan Muslim League - jinnah and People's Party (PPP) | |
Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo (Urdu: منظور احمد وٹو), is a Pakistani politician. Wattoo was first elected, in 1985, the Speaker of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, the second largest province of Pakistan. Thrice elected for the same office, he secured the office of the Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan in 1993 on the ticket of Pakistan Muslim League (J), after a series of tug of war between the federal and provincial government Wattoo twice had to leave office between his term only to leave office permanently on 16 November 1996. Wattoo formed the Pakistan Muslim League (Jinnah) in 1995 when parted away from his prior party, but the party failed to hold major influence on national politics.
In May 2008, Wattoo along with his daughter Rubina Shaheen Wattoo left Pakistan Muslim League (Jinnah) and joined Pakistan Peoples Party and served as the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions, he also led Pakistan Peoples Party's provisional chapter of Punjab only to lead the party in complete failure during the 2013 elections. He left the position after the election results.
Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo was first elected as Chairman District Council Okara in 1983 during the non-party elections of the Zia era. Then in 1985, he secured the office of the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab, the largest province of Pakistan on Pakistan Muslim League ticket. Thrice elected for the same office, he secured the office of the Chief Minister of Punjab in 1993 on the PML (Junejo) ticket after a vote of no-confidence in the Punjab legislature against PML-N's serving chief minister Ghulam Haider Wayne.
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