Ahsan Iqbal | |
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| احسن اقبال | |
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| Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2024 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Sami Saeed (caretaker) |
| In office 19 April 2022 – 10 August 2023 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Asad Umar |
| Succeeded by | Sami Saeed (caretaker) |
| In office 16 September 2017 – 31 May 2018 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | Shamshad Akhtar |
| In office 7 June 2013 – 28 July 2017 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Naveed Qamar |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan | |
| In office 8 June 2013 – 28 July 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Dr. Nadeem Ul Haque |
| Succeeded by | Sartaj Aziz |
| Minister for Education | |
| In office 31 March 2008 – 13 May 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Javed Ashraf Qazi |
| Minister for Minorities | |
| In office 31 March 2008 – 13 May 2008 | |
| Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan | |
| In office 13 August 1998 – 12 October 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Hafeez Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhry |
| 35th Minister for Interior | |
| In office 4 August 2017 – 31 May 2018 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
| Preceded by | Nisar Ali Khan |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Azam Khan (caretaker) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 March 1959[1] Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Political party | PMLN (1993-present) |
| Relatives | Chaudhry Abdul Rehman Khan (maternal grandfather) Nisar Fatima (mother) Ahmad Iqbal Chaudhary (son) |
| Alma mater | University of Engineering and Technology Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania |
Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary (Urdu: احسن اقبال چوہدری; born 28 March 1959) is a Pakistani politician currently holding the position of Federal Minister of Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives and Inter Provincial Coordination. He is also the Secretary General of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 29 February 2024.
Previously, Chaudhary served as a member of the National Assembly during various terms: from August 2018 to August 2023, from 2008 to May 2018, and from 1993 to 1999.
He held ministerial positions in several cabinets. He served as the Federal Minister for Planning and Development from 19 April 2022 to 10 August 2023 in the PDM government. From 2017 to May 2018, he served as both the Minister for Interior and Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms in the Abbasi cabinet. In the third Sharif's ministry, he held the positions of the Minister of Planning and Development of Pakistan and the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of Pakistan and briefly served as the Minister of Minorities and Minister of Education of Pakistan in the Gillani ministry in 2008. He also assumed the role of the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan from 1998 to 1999 during the Sharif's second ministry. Moreover, he served as federal minister for planning and development from 19 April 2022 to 10 August 2023.