Nawaz Sharif is the current Prime Minister of Pakistan who assumed office in 2013
Nawaz Sharif
@Prime Minister of Pakistan, Timeline and Family
Dec 25, 1949
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: December 25, 1949
- Nationality: Pakistani
- Famous: Prime Minister of Pakistan, Leaders, Political Leaders, Prime Ministers
- Spouses: Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif
- Siblings: Shehbaz Sharif
- Known as: Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
- Childrens: Asma Nawaz Sharif, Hassan Nawaz Sharif, Hussain Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz
Nawaz Sharif born at
Lahore
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Birth Place
He is married to Kalsoom Butt who is the daughter of a famous physician, and a well educated woman herself. The couple has three children: two sons and one daughter.
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Personal Life
He was born on 25 December 1949 in Lahore, Pakistan. His father Muhammad Sharif was an industrialist and businessman. His parents had migrated to Lahore from Amritsar in 1947 following the partition of India. His father founded the Ittefaq Group of industries.
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Childhood & Early Life
He received his primary education from Saint Anthony High School after which he went to the Government College University (GCU) from where he graduated with a degree in art and business. He then enrolled at the Law College of Punjab University in Lahore and earned a law degree.
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After completing his education he became involved in his family business which was performing very well. However, when the Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto implemented nationalization policies in 1972, the Sharif family’s steel business went into the hands of the government. His family was devastated at the loss of their thriving business.
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Career
Young Nawaz was very much angered by this and decided to join politics in a bid to reclaim his lost business. He eventually re-established his business which once again became very successful.
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He joined the Pakistan Muslim League in 1976 and soon Ghulam Jilani Khan, the recently appointed Governor of the Punjab Province and a former Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), appointed him as the Finance Minister of the Punjab.
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Sharif joined the Punjab Advisory Board under General Zia-ul-Haq in 1981. As the Finance Minister he proposed development oriented budgets, and the financial plans he implemented greatly contributed to the province’s growth and development.
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In 198,5 General Ghulam Jilani Khan nominated Sharif for Chief Minister of Punjab. He easily won the 1985 elections and became Chief Minister of Punjab, and served for two consecutive terms in this position. As chief minister, he stressed welfare and development activities and thus became very popular among the masses.
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He is credited with carrying out nuclear tests in May 1998 in response to the Indian nuclear tests, despite immense global pressure not to do it.
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Major Works