Arif Alvi

Arif Alvi
عارف علوی
Official portrait, 2018
13th President of Pakistan
In office 9 September 2018 – 10 March 2024
Prime Minister	Imran Khan Shehbaz Sharif Anwaar ul Haq Kakar (Caretaker) Shehbaz Sharif (2nd Tenure)
Preceded by	Mamnoon Hussain
Succeeded by	Asif Ali Zardari
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 13 August 2018 – 6 September 2018
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Aftab Siddiqui
Constituency	NA-247 (Karachi South-II)
In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
Preceded by	Khushbakht Shujaat
Succeeded by	Himself
Constituency	NA-250 (Karachi-XII)
Personal details
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	PTI (1996–present)
Other political affiliations	Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (1979–1988)
Spouse	Samina Alvi
Children	4
Education	De'Montmorency College of Dentistry (BS) University of Michigan (MS) University of the Pacific (MS)
Occupation	Politician Dentist

Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi (Urdu: عارف الرحمن علوی) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 13th president of Pakistan, in office from 2018 to 2024.^[1] He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018 and again from August to September 2018. Alvi was a dentist before entering politics in 1979, when he joined Jamaat-e-Islami (Pakistan), but resigned later on from the party and then joined former cricketer Imran Khan's party in 1996 and is amongst the founding members of PTI.^[2]

Alvi was elected to the National Assembly, from NA-250 Karachi-XII in 2013 and was re-elected in 2018 from NA-247 Karachi South-II. He was later nominated as the PTI's candidate for the presidential election. He was elected as the 13th President of Pakistan after defeating Fazal-ur-Rehman and Aitzaz Ahsan, after which he resigned from the National Assembly and was sworn into office on 9 September 2018, succeeding Mamnoon Hussain.