Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain | |
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چودھری شجاعت حسین | |
Shujaat Hussain (right) on a visit to XMU
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Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
In office 30 June 2004 – 26 August 2004 |
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President | Pervez Musharraf |
Preceded by | Zafarullah Khan Jamali |
Succeeded by | Shaukat Aziz |
Leader of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) | |
Assumed office 1 January 2003 |
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Preceded by | Mian Muhammad Azhar |
Minister of the Interior | |
In office 25 February 1997 – 12 October 1999 |
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Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
Preceded by | Omar Khan Afridi(Acting) |
Succeeded by | Moinuddin Haider |
In office 9 November 1990 – 18 July 1993 |
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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 |
Gujrat, Punjab, British India (now Gujrat City, Punjab, Pakistan) |
27 January 1946
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.