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Syed Hussain Jahania Gardezi is a Pakistani politician who is the current Provincial Minister of Punjab for Agriculture, in office since 13 September 2019. He has been a member of 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 ...

since August 2018. Previously, he was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab between 1993 and May 2018.

Early life and education

He was born on 6 November 1956 in

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. He has a degree of Master of Science (Hons) which he obtained in 1980 from

University of Agriculture Faisalabad The University of Agriculture (UAF) is a public university, public Research universities, research university in Faisalabad, Pakistan. History Origins The University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Urdu: ), (formerly: ''Punjab Agricultural Colle ...

. He has received a Diploma (L.G) from Foreign Ministry Institute, Denmark in 1993.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the

as a candidate of

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from Constituency PP-174 (Khanewal-I) in

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but was unsuccessful. He received 19,005 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of

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(IJI). He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-174 (Khanewal-I) 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 ...

. He received 16,191 and defeated 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). During his tenure as member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, he served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Cooperatives. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of National Alliance from Constituency PP-213 (Khanewal-II) in the 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 26,462 votes and defeated a candidate of

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(PML-Q). 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 Non-formal Urban Education. In 2006, he was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Food. During his tenure as member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, he also served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Local Government. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-213 (Khanewal-II) in

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but was unsuccessful. He received 22,379 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of PPP. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-213 (Khanewal-II) in

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. He joined

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in May 2013. He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-204 (Khanewal-II) in

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. On 28 July 2018, he joined

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(PTI). On 12 September 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Sardar

Usman Buzdar Sardar Usman Ahmad Khan Buzdar ( ur, ; born 1 May 1969) is a Pakistani politician and previously served as Chief Minister of The Punjab from 20 August 2018 to 30 April 2022. He has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab since Aug ...

. On 13 September 2018, he was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Management and Professional Development. As of 16 September 2019, he has been serving as the Provincial Minister for Agriculture in Punjab.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gardezi, Syed Hussain Jahania Living people Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 Punjab MPAs 2002–2007 1956 births Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab) Punjab MPAs 1993–1996 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Punjab) Punjab MPAs 2018–2023 Provincial ministers of Punjab University of Agriculture, Faisalabad alumni