Parvez Elahi

Chaudhry Parvez Elahi Warraich (born 1 November 1945) is a Pakistani politician who has served as the fifth deputy prime minister of Pakistan from 2012 to 2013, and twice as the chief minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007 and from 2022 to 2023. He has been the president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf since 2023. Elahi held two federal cabinet portfolios between 2011 and 2013, being a member of the National Assembly between 2008 and 2018 and briefly serving as the leader of the opposition in 2008. During his political career in Punjab, he served as a provincial minister from 1985 to 1993; twice as the speaker of the Punjab Assembly from 1997 to 1999 and 2018 to 2022; and briefly as governor of the province in 2018.

He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023, when he, as chief minister, dissolved the assembly. In 2023, he left the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML(Q)) and joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) along with his son, Moonis Elahi, and 10 other former PML(Q) MPAs over political rifts with the party president and cousin, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain. He was appointed as, and is currently serving as the president of the PTI. He also served as the president of the Punjab Division of the PML(Q).

He served as the First Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2013. After a successful campaign in the 2002 general elections, he became the Chief Minister of Punjab and held this position until 2007. In 2008, he briefly served as the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly of Pakistan. He remained a member of the National Assembly for two terms, from 2008 to May 2018. He has also been the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from 2018 to 2022. In a major development in late February 2023, Parvez Elahi announced joining Imran Khan-led party along with 10 of his party's former MPAs. On 7 March 2023, Parvez Elahi was appointed as President of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.