Rana Tanveer Hussain (; born 1 October 1945) is a

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politician who is current serving as Minister for National Food Security and Research and also serving as Minister of Industries and Production since 11 March 2024 and serving as Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 29 February 2024. He has been a member of the

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since February 2024. He was a member of the National Assembly between 1985 and August 2023. He is serving as Federal Minister for Industries and Production and National Food Security and Research since March 2024. He served as Minister for Defence Production and Minister for Science and Technology, in

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from 2017 to 2018. He served as the Minister for Defence Production and the Minister for Science and Technology in the Third Sharif ministry. A leader of the

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, Hussain briefly held the cabinet portfolio of Minister for Defence Production during the Gillani ministry in 2008. He has served as Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Finance, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Finance from 1997 to 1999 as well Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister.

Early life and education

He was born into a Punjabi

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family on 1 October 1949 in

Sheikhupura Sheikhupura (Punjabi language, Punjabi / ; ) also known as Qila Sheikhupura, is a city and district in the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. Founded by the Mughal Empire, Mughal Emperor Jahangir in 1607, Sheikhupura is the List of ...

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. He is brother of Rana Afzaal Hussain as well the late Rai Mansab Ali Khan and his daughter Shizra Mansab Ali Khan, both involved in the local politics of

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. He hold degree of M.A. in Economics and LLB from the

Punjab University Punjab University may refer to: India * Punjab Agricultural University, a state agricultural university in Ludhiana, Punjab * I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University, a state university in Kapurthala, Punjab * Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Techn ...

, Lahore.

Political career

Hussain started his political career in 1983 when he became district member of the council in

. He was elected as member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time in 1985 Pakistani general election as an independent candidate. He later joined

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. In the 1990 Pakistani general elections, he was re-elected as member of the National Assembly for the second time. In the 1993 Pakistani general elections, he lost the seat of the National Assembly. In 1997 Pakistani general elections, he was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly for the third time. From 1997 to 1999, he served as Special Assistant to then Prime Minister of Pakistan

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on Finance. In the

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, he was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly for the fourth time from two constituencies NA-131 and NA-132. He vacated NA-131 seat to retain NA-132. In the 2013 Pakistani general elections, he was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly for the fifth time. In June 2013, he was appointed as the Minister for Defence Production. Later he was given the additional portfolio of Minister for Science and Technology. He had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the disqualification of Prime Minister

after Panama Papers case 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 federal minister for Defence Production for third time. In November 2017, he was give the additional cabinet portfolio of Minister for Science and Technology after which Minister of State for Science and Technology, Mir Dostain Khan Domki stepped down in protest. On 3 May 2018, in a cabinet reshuffle, he ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Defence Production after Usman Ibrahim succeeded him. Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Hussain ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Science and Technology. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-120 (Sheikhupura-II) in the

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. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from NA-114 Sheikhupura-II in the

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