*** Welcome to piglix ***

Shujat Hussain

Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
چودھری شجاعت حسین
Pakistan delegation (cropped).jpg
Shujaat Hussain (right) on a visit to XMU
Prime Minister of Pakistan
In office
30 June 2004 – 26 August 2004
President Pervez Musharraf
Preceded by Zafarullah Khan Jamali
Succeeded by Shaukat Aziz
Leader of Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
Assumed office
1 January 2003
Preceded by Mian Muhammad Azhar
Minister of the Interior
In office
25 February 1997 – 12 October 1999
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by Omar Khan Afridi(Acting)
Succeeded by Moinuddin Haider
In office
9 November 1990 – 18 July 1993
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Balakh Sher Mazari (Acting)
Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by Mian Zahid Sarfraz (Acting)
Succeeded by Fateh Khan Bandial (Acting)
Personal details
Born (1946-01-27) 27 January 1946 (age 71)
Gujrat, Punjab, British India
(now Gujrat City, Punjab, Pakistan)
Nationality Pakistani
Political party Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
Other political
affiliations
Pakistan Muslim League (before 1988)
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (1988-1993)
Pakistan Muslim League (N) (1993-2002)
Residence Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Alma mater Forman Christian University
Punjab University

Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (Urdu: چودھری شجاعت حسین‎; born 27 January 1946), is a senior conservative politician hailing from Gujrat and a business oligarch who previously served as Prime minister of Pakistan from 30 June 2004 on a temporary basis during a transitional period to accommodate Shaukat Aziz till 28 August 2004. Hussain is the current and incumbent party president of the Pakistan Muslim League.

Hailing from the business-industrialist family from the Punjab Province of Pakistan, Hussain graduated from the FC College University and the Punjab University. After his graduation, Hussain subsequently joined the family business comprising large numbers of industries, textiles, agricultural farms, sugar and flour mills. He successfully contested in non-partisan 1985 elections and appointed as minister of ministry of industry in the government of Prime minister Muhammad Junejo, lasting until 1988. Hussain became a wealthy leader and influential conservative figure in Islamic Democratic Alliance (IDA) in 1988–90 and later joining the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) led under Nawaz Sharif in 1993. Hussain served as the 26th Interior minister in the government of Prime minister Nawaz Sharif in two non-consecutive terms from 1990 to 1993 and 1997 to 1999.


...
Wikipedia

...