Syed Murad Ali Shah سيد مراد علي شاهه سید مراد على شاه MPA |
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29th Chief Minister of Sindh | |
Assumed office 29 July 2016 |
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President | Mamnoon Hussain |
Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
Governor | Muhammad Zubair |
Preceded by | Qaim Ali Shah |
Personal details | |
Born |
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
November 8, 1962
Citizenship | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) |
Residence | Karachi, Sindh |
Education | M.S. Civil Structure Engineering BE Civil Engineering M.S Economic Planning |
Alma mater |
Stanford University NED University of Engineering and Technology D.J. Sindh Government Science College |
Religion | Islam |
Syed Murad Ali Shah (Sindhi: سيد مراد علي شاهه) (Urdu: سید مراد على شاه) is a Pakistani politician and structural engineer who serves as the 29th Chief Minister of Sindh and a member of the Sindh Assembly.
Shah received his engineering degree from NED University and later received his M.S. from Stanford University in structural engineering. Shah was elected to the Sindh Assembly in 2008 as a member of the Pakistan Peoples Party and served as the provincial Minister for Irrigation under Syed Qaim Ali Shah's cabinet, and in 2013 was elevated as the provincial finance minister. In July 2016, Shah was elected to the Chief Minister's Office.
Shah was born in Karachi to Syed Abdullah Ali Shah the former Chief Minister of Sindh. Shah did his Matriculation from Saint Patrick's High School, Intermediate from D. J. Sindh Government Science College in Karachi and admitted at the engineering programme at the NED University of Engineering and Technology. Shah graduated with B.E. in Civil engineering and was a silver medalist upon his graduation from the NED University of Engineering and Technology. After earning the Quaid-e-Azam scholarship, he went to United States and attended Stanford University in California where he completed his M.Sc. in structural engineering. He completed a second master's from Stanford University two years later in economic system where again he was on an international scholarship.