Zafarullah Khan Jamali

Zafarullah Khan Jamali
میر ظفراللہ خان جمالی
Jamali in 2003
15th Prime Minister of Pakistan
In office
23 November 2002 – 26 June 2004
PresidentPervez Musharraf
Preceded byPervez Musharraf (as Chief Executive)
Nawaz Sharif (as Prime Minister)
Succeeded byChaudhry Shujaat Hussain
5th & 12th Chief Minister of Balochistan
In office
9 November 1996 – 22 February 1997
Acting
GovernorImran Ullah Khan
Preceded byZulfiqar Ali Khan Magsi
Succeeded byAkhtar Mengal
In office
23 June 1988 – 24 December 1988
GovernorMuhammad Musa
Preceded byJam Ghulam Qadir Khan
Succeeded byKhuda Bakhsh Marri (acting)
Personal details
Born(1944-01-01)1 January 1944[1]
Jaffarabad, Baluchistan, British India
Died2 December 2020(2020-12-02) (aged 76)
Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Citizenship British Indian (1944-1947)
 Pakistani (1947-2020)
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2018–2020)
Other political
affiliations
Pakistan Muslim League (N) (2013–2018)
Pakistan Peoples Party (2008–2013)
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (2002–2008)
Pakistan Muslim League (N) (1993–2002)
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (1988–1993)
Pakistan Muslim League (1985–1988)
Independent (1981–1985)
Pakistan Peoples Party (1977–1981)
RelationsUmar Khan Jamali (son)
A.R. Jamali (brother)
Jan Mohammad Jamali (nephew)
Rahat Jamali (niece)
Mir Khan Muhammad Jamali (cousin)
Taj Muhammad Jamali (cousin)
Jafar Khan Jamali (uncle)
Alma materGovernment College University
Punjab University

Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali (Urdu: میر ظفراللہ خان جمالی; 1 January 1944 – 2 December 2020) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Pakistan from 2002 until his resignation in 2004. He was the first and only elected prime minister from Balochistan, Pakistan.

Originally a supporter of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Jamali emerged from the politics of Balochistan under military governor Rahimuddin Khan during the 1970s. He became a national figure as part of the government of Nawaz Sharif, and was Chief Minister of Balochistan for two non-consecutive terms (from June–December 1988 and November 1996 –February 1997). Although he was a senior leader in the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and Sharif's confidant, relations between Jamali and Sharif cooled and Jamali joined the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) after the 1999 coup led by General Pervez Musharraf. In the 2002 general election, Jamali won his bid for the office of Prime Minister after his supporters and colleagues crossed party lines to support him. On 21 November 2002 Jamali was appointed the 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan-designate. He took the oath on 23 November 2002, serving until he unexpectedly announced his resignation in 2004. He is the fifth shortest-serving democratically elected Prime Minister in the history of Pakistan.[2]

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