Syed Mehdi Shah is a Pakistan Politician who is currently Serving as the Governor of Gilgit Baltistan and Previously was the first Chief minister of

Gilgit-Baltistan Gilgit-Baltistan (; ), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative territory, and constituting the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region which has been the subject of a dispute bet ...

. The post was created under Presidential Order For Govrnance 2009 for Gilgit Baltistan and First Leglastive assembly came into being and Mehdi Shah was elected as chief minister of province Gilgit Baltistan. He also served as the President of Gilgit-Baltistan chapter of the

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 i ...

. He contested in

2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election The 2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elections were held on 15 November 2020. Elections will be held in 24 constituencies, each electing one member to the 3rd Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly. 330 candidates will contest these elections, eith ...

from constituency GBA-7 but lost by

Raja Zakaria Khan Maqpoon Raja Muhammad Zakaria Khan Maqpoon is a Pakistani politician who is member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly. Political career Raja Muhammad Zakaria Khan Maqpoon contested 2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election on 15 November 2020 from constitu ...

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Living people Balti people People from Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Ministers of Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan People's Party politicians Gilgit-Baltistan MLAs 2009–2014 Year of birth missing (living people) {{GilgitBaltistan-MLA-stub