Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
20 February 2019  4 November 2022
Preceded byZulfiqar Ali Bhatti
Succeeded byZulfiqar Ali Bhatti
ConstituencyNA-91 (Sargodha-IV)
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office
1 June 2013  31 May 2018
ConstituencyPP-32 (Sargodha-V)
In office
9 April 2008  20 March 2013
ConstituencyPP-32 (Sargodha-V)
In office
25 November 2002  17 November 2007
ConstituencyPP-32 (Sargodha-V)
In office
18 February 1997  12 October 1999
ConstituencyPP-28 (Sargodha-V)
In office
5 November 1990  28 June 1993
ConstituencyPP-28 (Sargodha-V)
Personal details
Born (1962-05-01) 1 May 1962
Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
Other political
affiliations
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (2002-2018)
Pakistan Muslim League (N) (1993-2002)
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (1988-1993)
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2018-2023)
SpouseTanzila Aamir Cheema[1]
ChildrenMuhammad Muneeb Sultan Cheema
Parent

Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema (Urdu: چوہدری عامر سُلطان چیمہ) is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from February 2019 until November 2022. Previously he was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab, between 1988 and May 2018. He is the son of Anwar Ali Cheema, a former Federal Minister of Industries and Production.

His son, Muhammad Muneeb Sultan Cheema, was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from August 2018 to January 2023.

Early life and education

He was born on 1 May 1962 in Sargodha to Anwar Ali Cheema.[2]

He did his early education from Atchison College. He graduated in 1986 from Government College, Sargodha and has a degree of Bachelor of Arts.[2]

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) from Constituency PP-28 (Sargodha) in 1988 Pakistani general election.[3]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from Constituency PP-28 (Sargodha) in 1990 Pakistani general election. He was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Ghulam Haider Wyne and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Livestock and Dairy Development.[4]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-28 (Sargodha) in 1997 Pakistani general election.[5]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency PP-32 (Sarghoda-V) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 47,007 votes and defeated Naveed Akram, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[6] In January 2003, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Irrigation and Power.[7]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-32 (Sarghoda-V) in 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 48,522 votes and defeated Mian Muhammad Khalid Kalyar, a candidate of PPP.[8]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-32 (Sargodha-V) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[9] He received 55,358 votes and defeated Malik Shoaib Awan, a candidate of PML-N.[10]

In April 2018, he announced to quit PML-Q and join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[11]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-91 (Sargodha-IV) in by-election held in February 2019.[12][13]

He is a member of the National Assembly Standing Committees on Energy and Government Assurances.

References

  1. "Ex-bureaucrats join politics". The Nation. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. "Previous Assemblies". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. "Previous Assemblies". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  5. "Previous Assemblies". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  6. "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  7. Hanif, Intikhab (4 January 2003). "25-member Punjab cabinet takes oath". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  8. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  9. "List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats". The News. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  10. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  11. Correspondent, The Newspaper's (26 April 2018). "PTI to end poverty, make Pakistan a welfare state: Imran". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  12. "PTI's Sultan wins NA-91 after repolling". The Nation. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  13. "PTI's Aamir Sultan Cheema emerges victorious after re-polling in Sargodha's NA-91". Samaa Digital. February 2, 2019.
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