Syed Naveed Qamar
| Naveed Qamar | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 4 June 2012 – 16 March 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Yousaf Raza Gillani Raja Pervaiz Ashraf |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Mukhtar |
| Succeeded by | Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (Acting) |
| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 15 May 2008 – 8 October 2008 Acting: 15 May 2008 – 13 September 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Preceded by | Ishaq Dar |
| Succeeded by | Shaukat Tarin |
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In office 28 October 1996 – 5 November 1996 |
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| Prime Minister | Benazir Bhutto |
| Preceded by | Makhdoom Shahabuddin (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Shahid Javed Burki (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
22 September 1955 Karachi, Pakistan |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Alma mater |
University of Manchester Northrop University California State University, Los Angeles |
| Religion | Islam |
Naveed Qamar (Urdu: نوید قمر; born Syed Naveed Qamar (Urdu: سیّد نوید قمر) on 22 September 1955), is a senior statesman, and formerly tenured as the Defence Minister of Pakistan. Prior to that, he held the important government portfolio including ministry of finance and the ministry of petroleum and natural resources in the government formerly led by the prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani.
Serving as the senior high-ranking member of the central committee of the Pakistan Peoples Party, he has been active in the national politics since 1988, starting his career in the government of Prime minister Benazir Bhutto. From 1993–96, Qamar briefly served in the ministry of privatisation in the Benazir Bhutto's government, where he is credited with the success of the privatisation program in the country. Before starting his statesmanship, Qamar was a professor of computer science at the University of Computer and Emerging Sciences in Islamabad, where he taught computer-based language programming.
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