Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal (; born 2 September 1972) is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Maritime Affairs, in the

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from August 2017 to May 2018. He had been a member of the

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, from June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life

He was born on 2 September 1972.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the

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as a candidate of

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(PML-N) from Constituency PP-113 (Gujrat-VI) in the

2002 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 10 October 2002 to elect the 12th National Assembly and four Provincial Assemblies. The elections were held under the military government of Pervez Musharraf. The two mainstream parties, Pakistan ...

, but was unsuccessful. He received 26,556 votes and lost the seat to a candidate off

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(PML-Q). He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-113 (Gujrat-VI) in the

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, but was unsuccessful. He received 34,705 votes and lost the seat to Mian Tariq Mehmood. He was elected to the

as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-106 (Gujrat-III) in the

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. He received 83,024 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Syed Noor Ul Hassan Shah. During his tenure as Member of the National Assembly, he served as the Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Defence. Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi. He was appointed the Minister of State for Maritime Affairs. Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Iqbal ceased to hold the office as Minister of State for Maritime Affairs.

References

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