Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar (

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, ) is a

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politician who was a member of the

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from 1988 to 1993 and a member of the

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from 1993 to 1999. He served as deputy speaker of the National Assembly from 1997 to 2001 and a member of the

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from 2013 to 2015. He served in the Provincial cabinet of

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during his tenure as member of the Punjab Assembly, first as advisor to chief minister and then as Minister of Punjab for Health.

Family

He is married to Begum Ishrat Ashraf and has a daughter Zaib Jaffar and a son

Chaudhry Muhammad Omar Jaffar Chaudhry Muhammad Omar Jaffar is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from May 2013 to May 2018. Early life and education He was born on 13 August 1982 in Rahim Yar Khan to a landlord family. His fath ...

. Fellow politicians

Shafqat Mahmood Shafqat Mahmood (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ; 19 February 1950) is a retired Pakistani bureaucrat-turned-politician who served as the Federal Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, and Federal Minister for National History an ...

and

Zaka Ashraf Chaudhry Muhammad Zaka Ashraf ( Punjabi, ; born 9 September 1952) is a Pakistani executive administrator who has served as the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board in three different tenures. Early life and education Born into a Gujjar famil ...

are his cousins.

Political career

He was elected to the

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as a candidate of

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(IJI) from Constituency PP-237 (Rahim Yar Khan-VI) in the

1988 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 16 November 1988 to elect the members of the National Assembly and Senate. The elections saw the resurgence of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) under the leadership of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's daughter, Ben ...

. He received 37,849 votes and defeated Irfan Abdullah, a candidate of

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(PPP). During his tenure as Member of the Punjab Assembly, he served in the Provincial Punjab cabinet as Advisor to Chief Minister of Punjab,

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. He was re-elected to the

as a candidate of IJI from Constituency PP-237 (Rahim Yar Khan-VI) in the

1990 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 24 October 1990 to elect the members of the National Assembly. The elections were primarily a contest between the People's Democratic Alliance (PDA, a four party alliance led by the ruling Pakistan Pe ...

. He received 48,651 votes and defeated Muhammad Aslam Khan Narro, a candidate of

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(PDA). During his tenure as Member of the Punjab Assembly, he served in the Provincial Punjab cabinet as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Health. He was elected to the

as a candidate of

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(PML-N) from Constituency NA-149 (Rahim Yar Khan-III) in the

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. Prio ...

. He received 79,720 votes and defeated Zafar Iqbal Warraich, a candidate of PPP. He was re-elected to the

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as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-149 (Rahim Yar Khan-III) in the

1997 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 3 February 1997 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections were a fierce contest between Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led by pre-election Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Mus ...

. He received 76,201 votes and defeated Zafar Iqbal Warraich, a candidate of PPP. He served as deputy speaker of the National Assembly from February 1997 to August 2001. He was elected to the

in January 2013 where he served until retirement in March 2015.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar, Chaudhry Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Rahim Yar Khan District Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs Punjab MPAs 1988–1990 Punjab MPAs 1990–1993 Pakistani MNAs 1993–1996 Pakistani MNAs 1997–1999