Asfandyar Wali Khan

Asfandyar Wali Khan
اسفندیار ولی خان
اسفندیار ولي خان
President of Awami National Party
In office
2003–2024
Preceded byEhsan Wyne
Succeeded byAimal Wali Khan
In office
1999–2002
Preceded byAjmal Khattak
Succeeded byEhsan Wyne
Personal details
Born (1949-02-19) 19 February 1949 (age 75)
Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
(present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Other political
affiliations
ANP (1997-2024)
ChildrenAimal Wali Khan (son)
Parents
RelativesKhan Abdul Bahram Khan (great-Grand father)
Abdul Ghaffar Khan (grandfather)
Abdul Ghani Khan (uncle)
Abdul Ali Khan (uncle)
Sangeen Wali Khan (step-brother)
Dr Gulalai Wali Khan(step-sister)
Residence(s)Walibagh, Charsadda, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
ProfessionPolitician
Parliament Pakistan

Asfandyar Wali Khan (Pashto: اسفندیار ولي خان; Urdu: اسفندیار ولی خان; born 19 February 1949) is a Pakistani politician from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, currently serving as the president of the Awami National Party (ANP). He is the son of Abdul Wali Khan, the party's founding president.

Wali Khan is the current president of the Awami National Party. He has served as Member of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, and a senator in the Senate of Pakistan. He is credited with achieving provincial autonomy in Pakistan and renaming the North-West Frontier Province to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with the support of coalition partner PPP during the 18th Amendment in 2010.[citation needed]