Yusuf Raza Gilani | |
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یوسف رضا گیلانی | |
9th Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan | |
Assumed office 9 April 2024 | |
Preceded by | Sadiq Sanjrani |
Member of Senate of Pakistan | |
Assumed office 4 April 2024 | |
In office 12 March 2021 – 29 February 2024 | |
18th Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
In office 25 March 2008 – 19 June 2012 | |
President | Pervez Musharraf Muhammad Mian Soomro (Acting) Asif Ali Zardari |
Preceded by | Muhammad Mian Soomro (Caretaker) |
Succeeded by | Raja Pervez Ashraf |
15th Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 17 October 1993 – 16 February 1997 | |
Deputy | Syed Zafar Ali Shah |
Preceded by | Gohar Ayub Khan |
Succeeded by | Elahi Bux Soomro |
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Pakistan | |
In office 26 March 2021 – 30 January 2022 | |
Preceded by | Raja Zafar-ul-Haq |
Succeeded by | Shahzad Waseem |
Minister for Housing and Works | |
In office 1988–1990 | |
Prime Minister | Benazir Bhutto |
Preceded by | Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani |
Succeeded by | Islam Nabi |
Minister for Railways | |
In office 28 January 1986 – 20 December 1986 | |
Prime Minister | Muhammad Khan Junejo |
Preceded by | Abdul Ghafoor Hoti |
Succeeded by | Sardarzada Muhammad Ali Shah |
Mayor of Multan | |
In office 1983–1985 | |
Succeeded by | Salahuddin Dogar |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 29 February 2024 – 22 March 2024 | |
Constituency | NA-148 Multan-I |
In office 19 March 2008 – 19 June 2012 | |
Constituency | NA-148 Multan-I |
In office 19 October 1993 – 16 February 1997 | |
Constituency | NA-148 Multan-I |
In office 1990–1993 | |
Constituency | NA-148 Multan-I |
In office 1988–1990 | |
Constituency | NA-148 Multan-I |
Personal details | |
Born | Multan, Pakistan | 9 June 1952
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | PPP (1980-present) |
Spouse | Fauzia Gilani |
Children | 5 inc. Kasim Gilani |
Alma mater | Government College University University of the Punjab |
Yusuf Raza Gilani[a] (born 9 June 1952) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 16th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012. He is currently the Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan since 9 April 2024.[1] Gilani was re-elected on 14 March 2024 after receiving 204 votes and currently is a Senator of the Senate of Pakistan.[2]
Chairman Gilani served as the acting-President of Pakistan from 20 May 2024 till 30 May 2024, this was during the period President Asif Ali Zardari remained abroad.[3][4]
He is a veteran of Pakistan People's Party, and is currently serving as the vice-chairman of the party's Central Executive Committee, and in 2021 was elected as a Senator and his term ended when he took oath as a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan on 29 February 2024 and vacated the seat on 22 March 2024.[5]
Born into a clan of Multan, Gilani studied political journalism from the Government College University and University of the Punjab in Lahore. In 1978, he joined the Pakistan Muslim League and worked in the military government of president Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. Gilani resigned from the Muslim League in 1986 and subsequently joined the Pakistan People's Party in 1988. He served in the cabinet of Benazir Bhutto as the Minister of Tourism in 1989–1990, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development in 1990–1993 and Speaker of the National Assembly in 1993–1997. Gilani was arrested in 2001 on accusations of corruption by military president Pervez Musharraf and was imprisoned for around six years at the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.
Following the 2008 general elections, Gilani was elected the Prime Minister of Pakistan by consensus of the Central Executive Committee of the People's Party. Upon inauguration, he strengthened parliamentary democracy and began an impeachment motion against Musharraf, which prompted the latter to abscond from the country. Furthermore, Gilani initiated ineffective foreign policies, nationalisation programmes and founded the University of Swat in July 2010. He is commonly credited with ending the judicial crisis in March 2009 and improving nuclear energy projects throughout the country. In June 2012, Gilani was disqualified by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on corruption allegations. He briefly exiled from national politics until April 2017, when his disqualification term ended. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Pakistan from 2021 to 2022.
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