Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman

Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman (Urdu: محمد بلیغ الرحمن‎; born 21 December 1970) is a Pakistani politician who served as Federal Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, in Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. Previously he served as the Minister of State Federal Education and of Interior and Narcotics Control in third Sharif ministry from 2013 to 2017. He had been a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to May 2018.

Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman
Federal Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training
In office
4 August 2017 – 31 May 2018
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterShahid Khaqan Abbasi
Succeeded byMohammad Yousuf Shaikh
Minister of State for Federal Education and Professional Training
In office
7 June 2013 – 28 July 2017
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterMian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
Minister of State for Interior and Narcotics Control
In office
22 November 2013 – 28 July 2017
Personal details
Born (1969-12-21) 21 December 1969[1]
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)

Early life

He was born on 21 December 1969.[1]

Political career

Rehman was elected as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time in 2008 Pakistani general election from Constituency NA-185 on PML-N ticket.[2][3][4]

He was elected as the member of the National Assembly for the second time on PML-N ticket from NA-185 in 2013 Pakistani general election.[5][6]

In June 2013, he was appointed as Minister of State for Federal Education and Professional Training.[7][8][9]

In November 2013, he was given the additional charge of Minister of State for Interior and Narcotics Control in the cabinet of Nawaz Sharif.[10][11] He had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after Panama Papers case decision.[12] Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi.[13][14] He was elevated as federal minister and given the portfolio of Federal Minister of Education and Training.[15] Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Rehman ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training.[16]

References
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  11. Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (24 November 2015). "Tariq Fazal sworn in as minister of state". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  12. "PM Nawaz Sharif steps down; federal cabinet stands dissolved". Daily Pakistan Global. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  13. "A 43-member new cabinet sworn in". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  14. "PM Khaqan Abbasi's 43-member cabinet takes oath today". Pakistan Today. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  15. Raza, Syed Irfan (5 August 2017). "PM Abbasi's bloated cabinet sworn in". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  16. "Notification" (PDF). Cabinet division. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.


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