Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema ( ur, ) is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

from February 2019 until November 2022. Previously he was a Member of the

Provincial Assembly of Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Punjab, which is located in Lahore, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of Paki ...

, between 1988 and May 2018. He is the son of

Anwar Ali Cheema Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema (1 January 1935 – 31 July 2016) was a Pakistani politician. Political career He was born on January 1, 1935 in Sargodha, Punjab, British India and did his graduation from Government College, Lahore, now calle ...

, a former Federal Minister of Industries and Production. His son, Muhammad Muneeb Sultan Cheema, was a member of the

from August 2018 to January 2023.

Early life and education

He was born on 1 May 1962 in

Sargodha Sargodha ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a city and capital of Sargodha Division, located in Punjab province, Pakistan. It is Pakistan's 12th largest city by population and one of the fastest-growing cities of the country. Sargodha is also known as ...

. He did his early education from Atchison College. He graduated in 1986 from Government College, Sargodha and has a degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Political career

He was elected to the

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani provinces, Pakistani province of Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, which is located in Lahore, the provincial capital. It was established under ...

as a candidate of

Islami Jamhoori Ittehad The Islami Jamhoori Ittehad ( Islamic Democratic Alliance; acronym: IJI; ur, ) was a right-wing conservative alliance formed in September 1988 to oppose the democratic socialist Pakistan Peoples Party in elections that year. The alliance compri ...

(IJI) from Constituency PP-28 (Sargodha) in

1988 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 16 November 1988 to elect the members of the National Assembly and Senate. The elections saw the resurgence of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) under the leadership of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's daughter, B ...

. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from Constituency PP-28 (Sargodha) in

1990 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 24 October 1990 to elect the members of the National Assembly. The elections were primarily a contest between the People's Democratic Alliance (PDA, a four party alliance led by the ruling Pakistan Pe ...

. He was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister

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and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Livestock and Dairy Development. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Teh ...

(PML-N) from Constituency PP-28 (Sargodha) in

1997 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 3 February 1997 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections were a fierce contest between Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led by pre-election Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Mus ...

. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ur, ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League") is a Conservative nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a re ...

(PML-Q) from Constituency PP-32 (Sarghoda-V) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 47,007 votes and defeated Naveed Akram, a candidate of

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ...

(PPP). In January 2003, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister

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and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Irrigation and Power. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-32 (Sarghoda-V) in

2008 Pakistani general election 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...

. He received 48,522 votes and defeated Mian Muhammad Khalid Kalyar, a candidate of PPP. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-32 (Sargodha-V) in

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) led by Nawaz Sharif, t ...

. He received 55,358 votes and defeated Malik Shoaib Awan, a candidate of PML-N. In April 2018, he announced to quit PML-Q and join

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...

(PTI). He was elected to the

as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-91 (Sargodha-IV) in by-election held in February 2019. He is a member of the National Assembly Standing Committees on Energy and Government Assurances.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheema, Aamir Sultan Living people Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 1962 births Punjab MPAs 1988–1990 Punjab MPAs 1990–1993 Punjab MPAs 1997–1999 Punjab MPAs 2002–2007 Punjab MPAs 2008–2013 Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab) Pakistan Muslim League (Q) MPAs (Punjab) Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023