Shah Mahmood Qureshi

Shah Mahmood Qureshi
مخدوم شاہ محمود قریشی
Qureshi in March 2022
37th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
20 August 2018 – 10 April 2022
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded byAbdullah Hussain Haroon (Caretaker)
Succeeded byBilawal Bhutto Zardari
In office
31 March 2008 – 9 February 2011
Prime MinisterYusuf Raza Gillani
Preceded byInam-ul-Haq (Caretaker)
Succeeded byHina Rabbani Khar
Mayor of Multan
In office
28 March 2001[citation needed] – 5 January 2002
Preceded byMalik Aamir Dogar
Succeeded byMaj Azam Suleman (Acting)
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
In office
20 December 1994 – 5 November 1996
Prime MinisterBenazir Bhutto
Preceded byTanvir ul Hasan Gilani
Succeeded byShahid Hamid (Caretaker)
Provincial Minister for Finance of Punjab
In office
1990–1993
GovernorMian Muhammad Azhar
Chaudhry Altaf Hussain
Chief MinisterGhulam Haider Wyne
In office
1988–1990
GovernorTikka Khan
Chief MinisterNawaz Sharif
Provincial Minister of Punjab for Planning and Development
In office
1988–1990
GovernorTikka Khan
Chief MinisterMian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
25 July 2018 – 10 April 2022
ConstituencyNA156 Multan-III
In office
2013–2018
ConstituencyNA150 Multan-III
In office
2008 – November 2011
ConstituencyNA148 Multan-I
In office
2002–2007
ConstituencyNA148 Multan-I
In office
1993–1996
ConstituencyNA120 Multan-cum-Khanewal
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
In office
1990–1993
ConstituencyPP166 Multan
In office
1988–1990
ConstituencyPP166 Multan
In office
12 March 1985 – 30 May 1988
ConstituencyPP164 Multan
Vice chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Assumed office
3 December 2011
ChairmanImran Khan
Gohar Ali Khan
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born
Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi

(1956-06-22) 22 June 1956 (age 68)[1][2]
Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Political partyPTI (2011–present)
Other political
affiliations
PPP (1993–2011)
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (1988–1993)
RelationsAshiq Hussain Qureshi (cousin)
Zahoor Hussain Qureshi (nephew)
ChildrenZain Qureshi
Parent
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Stanford University

Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi (Urdu: مخدوم شاہ محمود حسین قریشی; born 22 June 1956) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 37th minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022. He previously held the post from 2008 to 2011. He had been a member of the National Assembly from August 2018 till January 2023. He is the vice chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party since December 2011.[3][4] Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to May 2018.

Born in Multan, Punjab, Qureshi studied at Aitchison College and received Bachelor of Arts degree from Forman Christian College and Master of Arts degree from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He remained a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab for nine years from 1985 to 1993 and had served in the provincial cabinet in various positions between 1988 and 1993. He served as the minister of state for Parliamentary Affairs in the federal cabinet from 1993 to 1996 and later as the mayor of Multan from 2000 to 2002.

  1. ^ Romero, Frances (29 December 2008). "Shah Mahmood Qureshi". Time. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference dawn-wikileaks was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Between pirs and politicians | Encore | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk.
  4. ^ "Qureshi 'dethroned' as Sajjada Nashin of Bahauddin Zakariya shrine". The Nation. 29 November 2014. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

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