Kamran Michael (

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: کامران مائیکل) is a

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politician who served as Minister for Statistics, in

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from August 2017 to May 2018. He previously served as the Minister for Human Rights in the

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from 2013 to 2017. A member of the

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, Michael held the cabinet portfolio of

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from 2013 to 2016. Michael has been an elected member of the

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on minorities seat since 2012 and has served as the Provincial Minister for Minorities Affairs, Human Rights, Women development, Social Welfare and Finance in the

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. In 2016, he moved the Hindu marriage bill in 2016, which later became law.

Political career

Michael started his political career in 2001 after getting elected as Councillor. Later he was elected as Member of Lahore District Council. Michael was elected as member of the

for the first time in the

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on one of the eight seats reserved for minorities. He was re-elected as the member of the

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for a second term in the

2008 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008 to elect members of the 13th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. On 3 November 2007 President Pervez Musharraf enacted a state of emergency; elections were initia ...

. He was appointed as provincial minister of Punjab for human rights, provincial minister for Minority Affairs, provincial minister for Social Welfare and provincial minister for Women development. In 2010, he was appointed as the provincial minister for Finance Michael was elected member of the

in 2012 for the first time on a seat reserved for minorities after assassination of

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. Upon PML-N victory in the

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, Michael was made the

in June 2013 where he served until May 2016. In 2016, he was appointed as Minister for Human Rights. He had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the resignation of Prime Minister

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after

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decision. 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 as the Federal Minister for Statistics. He was nominated by PML-N as its candidate in the

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. However the

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declared all PML-N candidates for the Senate election as independent after a ruling of the

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. He was re-elected to the Senate as an independent candidate on a reserved seat for non-Muslim from Punjab in Senate election. On 12 March 2018, he ceased to hold the office of Federal Minister for Statistics due to expiration of his term in the Senate. On 15 March 2018, he was re-inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and was re-appointed as Federal Minister for Statistics. He joined the treasury benches, led by PML-N after assuming the office of Senator. Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Michael ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Statistics.

References

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