Rafiq Ahmed Jamali (; born 1 January 1967) is a Pakistani politician who has 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 ...

since February 2024 and previously served in this position from August 2018 to August 2023 and from 2002 to May 2018. From November 2008 to February 2011, he served as Minister of State for Food and Agriculture.

Early life

He was born on 1 January 1967 to Sardar Muhammad Bux Jamali.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the

as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-178 (Dadu-II) in

1993 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 6 October 1993 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections took place after both the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Ghulam Ishaq Khan resigned to resolve a power struggle. Prior ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 18 votes and lost the seat to his father Muhammad Bux Jamali, 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). He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-178 (Dadu-II) 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 ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 363 votes and lost the seat to his father Muhammad Bux Jamali, a candidate of PPP. Jamali was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from Constituency NA-232 (Dadu-II) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 56,814 votes and defeated Ahmed Khan Lund, 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). In 2007, he was booked by police for attacking the residence Liaquat Ali Jatoi. In January 2008, he was released from jail after he was granted bail. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from Constituency NA-232 (Dadu-II) 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 87,467 votes and defeated Liaquat Ali Jatoi, a candidate of PML-Q. In November 2008, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and was made Minister of State for Food and Agriculture. In September 2009, the

Sindh High Court The High Court of Sindh ( ur, ) is the highest judicial institution of the Pakistani province of Sindh. Established in 1906, the Court situated in the provincial capital at Karachi. Apart from being the highest Court of Appeal for Sindh in ...

issued notice to the federal government to sack him from the office of Minister of State for Food and Agriculture. In December 2009, he was under consideration from getting removed from the federal cabinet due to his unsatisfactory performance. However he continued to serve as Minister of State for Food and Agriculture until February 2011. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from Constituency NA-232 (Dadu-II) 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 76,876 votes and defeated Karim Ali Jatoi, an independent candidate. He was accused of rigging the election using the state machinery, though an election tribunal dismissed the accusations due to a lack of evidence. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from NA-235 (Dadu-II) in the

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the members of 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

. He received 81,200 votes and defeated Karim Ali Jatoi, a candidate of

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 re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from NA-228 Dadu-II in the

2024 Pakistani general election General elections are scheduled to be held in Pakistan on 8 February 2024 to elect the members of the 16th National Assembly. The detailed schedule was announced by Election Commission of Pakistan on 15 December 2023. The two major parties ar ...

. He received 98,873 votes and defeated Karim Ali Jatoi, a candidate of the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jamali, Rafiq Ahmed Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Pakistan People's Party politicians Living people 1967 births Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 Sindhi people Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029