Rana Tanveer Hussain

Rana Tanveer Hussain
رانا تنویر حسین
Minister of Industries and Production
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 March 2024
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterShehbaz Sharif
Minister for National Food Security and Research
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 March 2024
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterShehbaz Sharif
Minister of Federal Education & Professional Training
In office
19 April 2022 – 10 August 2023
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterShehbaz Sharif
Preceded byShafqat Mahmood
Succeeded byMadad Ali Sindhi (caretaker)
Minister for Science and Technology
In office
24 November 2017 – 31 May 2018
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterShahid Khaqan Abbasi
In office
17 December 2014 – 28 July 2017
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Preceded byBahadur Khan
Minister of Defence Production
In office
7 June 2013 – 28 July 2017
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
In office
31 March 2008 – 13 May 2008
Prime MinisterYusuf Raza Gillani
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 February 2024
ConstituencyNA-114 Sheikhupura-II
In office
17 November 2002 – 10 August 2023
ConstituencyNA-114 Sheikhupura-II
In office
11 June 1990 – 12 October 1999
ConstituencyNA-114 Sheikhupura-II
In office
21 October 1985 – 31 December 1990
ConstituencyNA-114 Sheikhupura-II
Personal details
Born (1945-10-01) 1 October 1945 (age 79)[1][2][3]
Sheikhupura, Punjab, Pakistan
Political partyPMLN (1990-present)
RelativesRana Afzaal Hussain (brother)
Alma materPunjab University
(BA and MA)[1][2]

Rana Tanveer Hussain (Urdu: رانا تنوير حسين; born 1 October 1945) is a Pakistani politician who is current serving as Minister for National Food Security and Research and also serving as Minister of Industries and Production since 11 March 2024 and serving as Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 29 February 2024. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. He was a member of the National Assembly between 1985 and AGugust 2023.

He is serving as Federal Minister for Industries and Production and National Food Security and Research since March 2024.

He served as Minister for Defence Production and Minister for Science and Technology, in Abbasi cabinet from 2017 to 2018. He served as the Minister for Defence Production[4] and the Minister for Science and Technology in the Third Sharif ministry.[2][5] A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N), Hussain briefly held the cabinet portfolio of Minister for Defence Production during the Gillani ministry in 2008.[6][7]

He has served as Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Finance, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Finance from 1997 to 1999 as well Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister.[1]

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  2. ^ a b c PD., MoDP staff release. "MoST minister's profile". Ministry of Science & Technology. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Detail Information". 4 November 2016. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Hussain, Tayyab (8 June 2013). "25-member cabinet takes oath". Pakistan Today. Pakistan Today. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  5. ^ Raza, Syed Irfan (25 May 2016). "Reports suggesting reforms in prison, police systems presented to president". DAWN.COM. Dawn. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  6. ^ Wasim, Amir (13 May 2008). "PML-N walks out after hitting brick wall: Judges issue splits coalition; ministers to quit federal cabinet today". DAWN.COM. Dawn. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  7. ^ "List of former ministers". 202.83.164.29. Ministry of Defence Production. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.