Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Politician
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (Urdu: چودھری شجاعت حسین; 27 January 1946), is a senior conservative politician hailing from Gujrat and business oligarch who previously served as the 14th Prime minister of Pakistan from 30 June 2004 on a temporary basis during a transitional period to accommodate Shaukat Aziz till 28 August 2004. Hussain is the current and incumbent party president of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q).Hailing from the business-industrialist family from the Punjab Province of Pakistan, Hussain graduated from the FC College University and the Punjab University. After his graduation, Hussain subsequently joined the family business comprising large numbers of industries, textiles, agricultural farms, sugar and flour mills. He successfully contested in non-partisan 1985 elections and appointed as minister of ministry of industry in the government of Prime minister Muhammad Junejo, lasting until 1988. Hussain became a wealthy leader and influential conservative figure in Islamic Democratic Alliance (IDA) in 1988–90 and later joining the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) led under Nawaz Sharif in 1993. Hussain served as the 26th Interior minister in the government of Prime minister Nawaz Sharif in two non-consecutive terms from 1990 to 1993 and 1997 to 1999.Originally a loyalist of Nawaz Sharif, Hussain defected to Pervez Musharraf and endorsed the general's 1999 coup d'état. His family also remains influential participant in national politics and his younger cousin Pervez Illahi served as Chief Minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007 during Pervez Musharraf's military rule. As of current, Hussain and his party remains a major ally of former Prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan Peoples Party.
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