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Yousaf Raza Gilani

Yousaf Raza Gillani
یوسف رضا گیلانی
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17th Prime Minister of Pakistan
In office
25 March 2008 – 19 June 2012
President Pervez Musharraf
Muhammad Mian Soomro
Asif Ali Zardari
Preceded by Muhammad Mian Soomro
Succeeded by Raja Pervez Ashraf
Speaker of the National Assembly
In office
17 October 1993 – 16 February 1997
Deputy Syed Zafar Ali Shah
Preceded by Gohar Ayub Khan
Succeeded by Elahi Bux Soomro
Personal details
Born Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani
(1952-06-09) 9 June 1952 (age 64)
Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Political party Pakistan Peoples Party
Spouse(s) Fauzia Gillani
Children 5
Alma mater Forman Christian College
Government College University, Lahore
University of the Punjab
Religion Islam

Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani also spelled Gilani (Urdu: یوسف رضا گیلانی; pronounced [ˈjuːsʊf ˈrəzɑː ɡɪˈlɑːniː]; born 9 June 1952) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 18th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 25 March 2008 until his retroactive disqualification and ouster by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 26 April 2012. He currently serves as the vice-chairman of the central executive committee of the Pakistan Peoples Party.

After 1988 general elections, he secured his ministerial appointment in the Ministry of Tourism in the government of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, and since then, he had been a senior member of parliament for the Multan District. After his party securing the plurality in the 1993 general elections, Gillani was elevated 15th Speaker of the National Assembly by the-Prime minister Benazir Bhutto, a post he held until 16 February 1997. On 11 February 2001, Gillani was imprisoned in Adiala Jail by a military court instituted under President Pervez Musharraf on accusations and charges of corruption, and released on 7 October 2006.


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