Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti

Nawab Akbar Shahbaz Khan Bugti نواب اکبر شهباز بکٹی
Nawab Akbar Bugti while in his Fighting Camp
4th Governor of Balochistan
In office 15 February 1973 – 3 January 1974
Preceded by	Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo
Succeeded by	Ahmad Yar Khan
6th Chief Minister of Balochistan
In office 4 February 1989 – 6 August 1990
Preceded by	Jam Ghulam Qadir Khan
Succeeded by	Taj Muhammad Jamali
19th Tumandar of the Bugti Tribe
Preceded by	Nawab Mehrab Khan Bugti
Succeeded by	(position)Abolished
Personal details
Born	(1927-07-12)12 July 1927 Barkhan, Balochistan
Died	26 August 2006(2006-08-26) (aged 79) Kohlu, Balochistan
Political party	Jamhoori Watan Party
Spouse(s)	Three Marriages: 1st Baloch, 2nd Pashtun & 3rd Persian
Residence	Dera Bugti, Balochistan
Profession	Tumandar of Bugti Tribe, politician
Religion	Muslim

Nawab Akbar Shahbaz Khan Bugti (Urdu: نواب اکبر شهباز خان بگٹی‎;12 July 1927 – 26 August 2006) was the Tumandar (head) of the Bugti tribe of Baloch people who served as the Minister of State for Interior and Governor of Balochistan Province in Pakistan.

Bugti was involved in a struggle, at times armed, for greater autonomy for Balochistan. The government of Pakistan accused him of keeping a private militia and leading a guerrilla war against the state. On 26 August 2006, Bugti, along with some personnel of the Pakistan army, was killed when his hide-out cave, located in Kohlu, about 150 miles east of Quetta, collapsed after an explosion set off by a Pakistan Army commander, although the Chief of Army Staff at the time, General Pervez Musharraf, claimed that Akbar Bugti was backed into a corner by the Pakistani Army and decided to blow himself up, instead of facing court for the atrocities he committed against rival tribes. His death lead to widespread unrest in the area and a surge in discussion, a polarising figure with both supporters and opponents.

Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was born on 12 July 1927 in Barkhan (in present-day Balochistan), the rural home of the Khetran, a Baloch tribe, to which his mother belonged. He was the son of the chief of his tribe, Nawab Mehrab Khan Bugti, and grandson of Sir Shahbaz Khan Bugti. He received his early education from Karachi Grammar School and later from Aitchison College after his father's death. Being the son of the tribe's chief, he became the tumandar (chief) of his tribe after his father. He had thirteen children and forty four grandchildren. His six sons namely, Nawabzada Saleem, Nawabzada Talal, Nawabzada Rehan (Brahumdagh Bugti's father), Nawabzada Salal, Nawabzada Jameel, Nawabzada Shahzwar and seven daughters namely, Nawabzadi Dur-E-Shehwar, Nawabzadi Neelo Far, Nawabzadi Naazli, Nawabzadi Durdana, Nawabzadi Dreen, Nawabzadi Shahnaz and Nawabzadi Farah Naz.