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Mian Nawaz Sharif

His Excellency
Nawaz Sharif
نواز شریف

MNA
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12th Prime Minister of Pakistan
Assumed office
5 June 2013
President Asif Ali Zardari
Mamnoon Hussain
Preceded by Mir Hazar Khan Khoso
In office
17 February 1997 – 12 October 1999
President Farooq Khan Leghari
Wasim Sajjad
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
Preceded by Malik Meraj Khalid
Succeeded by Pervez Musharraf (as Chief Executive)
Zafarullah Khan Jamali (as Prime Minister)
In office
6 November 1990 – 18 July 1993
President Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Preceded by Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
Succeeded by Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi
Leader of the Opposition
In office
19 October 1993 – 5 November 1996
Preceded by Benazir Bhutto
Succeeded by Benazir Bhutto
Chief Minister of Punjab
In office
9 April 1985 – 13 August 1990
Governor Ghulam Jilani Khan
Sajjad Hussain Qureshi
Tikka Khan
Preceded by Sadiq Hussain Qureshi
Succeeded by Ghulam Haider Wyne
Leader of Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Assumed office
27 July 2011
Preceded by Javed Hashmi
In office
6 October 1993 – 12 October 1999
Preceded by Position Established
Succeeded by Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif
Personal details
Born Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
(1949-12-25) 25 December 1949 (age 67)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Political party Pakistan Muslim League (N) (1993-present)
Other political
affiliations
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (1988-1993)
Pakistan Muslim League (before 1988)
Spouse(s) Kalsoom Nawaz (m. 1970)
Relations See Sharif family
Children Maryam
Hassan
Hussain
Parents Muhammad Sharif
Shamim Sharif
Residence Prime Minister's Secretariat
Alma mater Punjab University Law College
Government College University
Website pmln.org
Fiscal Year GDP growth Inflation rate
2013–14 Increase4.14% 108.5% |
2014–15 Increase4.24% 104.8%
2015–16 Increase4.5% 105.1%
2016–17 Increase5.2%

Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (میاں محمد نواز شریف), is a Pakistani politician who is the 20th and current Prime Minister of Pakistan, in office since June 2013. He has previously also served as the Prime Minister from 1990 to 1993 and from 1997 to 1999.

Born on 25 December 1949 into Sharif family in Lahore, he is the son of Ittefaq and Sharif Group founder Muhammad Sharif, and the elder-brother of three-time elected Punjab Chief Minister, Shehbaz. Sharif studied business at Government College and later law at the University of Punjab before entering politics in the later 1970s. In 1981, Sharif was appointed by the military government as the Minister of Finance for the province of Punjab. Backed by a loose coalition of conservatives, he was elected as the Chief Minister of Punjab in 1985 and re-elected after the end of martial law in 1988. In 1990, Sharif led a conservative alliance to victory, leading him to become the Prime Minister. Later it was blamed that the election was rigged in favor of Sharif by the Pakistani intelligence through channeling millions of rupees into his election campaign. It should be noted that Sharif has an approximate net worth of 20.55 billion USD, as of 2017.


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