Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain ( ur, ; born ) is a Pakistani politician who had been 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 2002 to 2013. In 2023, he was appointed as the president of PML-Q after his brother

Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain ( pa, ; ur, ; (born 27 January 1940) is a senior Pakistani politician from a Punjabi Jat family of Gujrat who previously served as 16th prime minister of Pakistan. Hussain is the party president of the Pakistan ...

was removed from the position by a breakway faction. Later, Election commission of Pakistan reverted the decision and stated it an illegal move. Also given all powers back to Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain. He is current member of

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. He is the father of the current member national assembly Chaudhry Hussain Elahi and uncle of

Moonis Elahi Chaudhry Moonis Elahi ( ur, ; born 12 April 1976) is a Pakistani politician from Punjabi Jatt Warraich family. who has been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since October 2018. He was Minister for Water Resources (Pakistan) fr ...

and

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Early life & Education

Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain, also known as "Commander Gujrat", son of

Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi (1917 - 25 September 1981) was a Pakistani politician who rose to prominence from a small town of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan. Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi began his career in the police force as a constable but gave it up soon after ...

, was born in 1960 in Gujrat. He is a graduate of

George Washington University , mottoeng = "God is Our Trust" , established = , type = Private federally chartered research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.8 billion (2022) , preside ...

in USA where he completed a bachelor's degree in

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. For his primary and high school, he attended the Aitchison College Lahore, where many Pakistani businessmen and politicians have attended.

Political career

He was elected to the

from Constituency NA-104 (Gujrat-I) as a candidate of

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(PML-Q) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 82,126 votes and defeated

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. In the same election, he also ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-105 (Gujrat-II) as an independent candidate but was unsuccessful. He received 1,061 votes and lost the seat to

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. He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-104 (Gujrat-I) as a candidate of PML-Q in

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. He received 96,379 votes and defeated Nawabzada Ghazanfar Ali Gul. On 3 May 2011, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister

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and was appointed as Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis where he served until 15 May 2011. On 16 May, he was made Federal Minister for Labour and Manpower where he served until 30 June 2011. From 1 July to 29 July, he remained in the federal cabinet with the status of a federal minister without any portfolio. On 30 July, he was appointed as Federal Minister for Human Resource Development where he continued to serve until June 2012. In June 2012, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister

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and was appointed as Federal Minister for Human Resource Development where he served until May 2013. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-104 (Gujrat-I) as a candidate of PML-Q in

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but was unsuccessful. He received 81,231 votes and lost the seat to

Nawabzada Mazhar Ali Nawabzada Mazher Ali Khan (; born 1 November 1945) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018. Early life He was born on 1 November 1945. He is brother of Nawabzada Gazanfar ...

. In 2023, he appointed the as an president of PML-Q after his brother

was removed from the position by a breakway faction terminated the

's party membership for party rules violations.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hussain, Wajahat Living people Chaudhry family Punjabi people People from Gujrat District Pakistan Muslim League (Q) politicians 1960 births Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013