Abdul Qadir Baloch

Abdul Qadir Baloch
Minister for States and Frontier Regions
In office
7 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Preceded byNajmuddin Khan
Succeeded byRoshan Khursheed Bharucha (caretaker)
17th Governor of Balochistan
In office
1 February 2003 – 11 August 2003
Chief MinisterJan Mohammad Jamali
Preceded byAmir-ul-Mulk Mengal
Succeeded byOwais Ahmed Ghani
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
17 March 2008 – 31 May 2018
Personal details
Born (1945-04-09) 9 April 1945 (age 79)[1]
Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Political partyPakistan Peoples Party
(2021-Present)
Other political
affiliations
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
(2010-2021)
Alma materPakistan Military Academy
Command and Staff College
National Defence University
Civilian awardsTamgha-i-Imtiaz
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Army
Years of service1966 - 2003
Rank Lt. Gen.
Unit16 Baloch Regiment
CommandsXXX Corps
XII Corps
19th Infantry Division
Battles/warsIndo-Pakistani War of 1971
Kargil War
2001 India-Pakistan Standoff
War on Terror
Military awardsSitara-i-Jurat
Hilal-i-Jurat
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Abdul Qadir Baloch (Urdu: عبد القادر بلوچ; born 9 April 1945) is a Pakistani politician and retired army general who served as Minister for States and Frontier Regions in the third Sharif ministry from 2013 to 2017, and in the Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Baloch briefly served as the Governor of Balochistan during Pervez Musharraf rule in 2003.[2]

Baloch had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to May 2018. He has four children named Aurangzeb, Jahnzeb, Fauzia and Nazia.

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