Mian Shehbaz Sharif (Punjabi, Urdu: مِیاں مُحَمَّد شَہباز شَرِیف, Miyāⁿ Muḥammad Šẹhbāz Šarīf, pronounced [miˈɑ̃ː mʊˈɦəm.məd̪ ʃɛhˈbɑːz ʃəˈriːf]; born 23 September 1951) is a Pakistani politician and a public figure who serves as theChief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan. He is the longest serving Chief Minister of Punjab: he held the same office twice before from 1997 until 1999 and 2008 until 2013.
Shehbaz Sharif was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in the1988 general elections and the National Assembly in 1990. He was again elected to the Punjab Assembly in 1993 and was named Leader of the Opposition in the house when Manzoor Wattoo was the chief minister of Punjab. After his election to the Punjab Assembly for the third time in 1997 elections, Sharif was elected leader of the house and sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab on 20 February 1997.[1]
As the brother of Nawaz Sharif, current Prime Minister of Pakistan and President of the Pakistan Muslim League (N), Shehbaz serves as the second person in charge of the party and presides over its provincial chapter of Punjab. After the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état Shehbaz, and his entire family, was exiled to Saudi Arabia, only to return to Pakistan in 2007.
| The Honourable Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif محمد شہباز شریف |
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| 17th Chief Minister of Punjab | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Governor | Mohammad Sarwar |
| Preceded by | Najam Sethi |
| Majority | Pakistan Muslim League (N)(PML-N) |
| In office 8 June 2008 – 26 March 2013 |
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| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani Raja Parvez Ashraf Mir Hazar Khan Khoso |
| Governor | Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood Latif Khosa Salmaan Taseer |
| Preceded by | Dost Muhammad Khosa |
| Succeeded by | Najam Sethi |
| Constituency | Bhakkar, Punjab Province |
| 3rd President of Pakistan Muslim League (N) | |
| In office 20 February 1997 – 12 October 1999 |
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| President | Muhammad Rafiq Tarar Farooq Leghari Wasim Sajjad |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Governor | Shahid Hamid Zulfiqar Ali Khosa |
| Preceded by | Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat |
| 1st Executive Vice President of Pakistan Muslim League (N) | |
| In office 30 September 2002 – 27 July 2011 |
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| Vice President | Ghaus Ali Shah |
| In office 12 October 1999 – 30 September 2002 |
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| President | Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif 23 September 1951 Lahore, Punjab Province,West Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) |
| Spouse(s) | Begum Nusrat Shehbaz (1973–1993) Nargis Khosa(?) Aaliya Honey (1993-1994) Tehmina Durrani (2003 – 2012?) Kalsoom Qureshi (2012) |
| Children | Hamza Shehbaz Sharif, Salman Shehbaz Sharif, Rabia Imran |
| Residence | Chief Minister House, Lahore (official) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Businessman |
| Religion | Islam |
