Ahmad Mukhtar
Ahmad Mukhtar | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Water and Power | |
| In office 4 June 2012 – 16 March 2013 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Preceded by | Naveed Qamar |
| Constituency | NA-105(Gujrat-II) |
| Defence Minister of Pakistan | |
| In office 31 March 2008 – 3 June 2012 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Preceded by | Rao Sikandar Iqbal |
| Succeeded by | Naveed Qamar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 June 1946 Lahore, Punjab, British India |
| Died | 25 November 2020 (aged 74) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Relations | Chaudhry Muhammad Hussain (father) Ahmad Saeed (brother) Ijaz Butt (brother-in-law) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Forman Christian College |
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Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar (Urdu: احمد مختار; 22 June 1946 – 25 November 2020) was a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the Defence Minister of Pakistan in the PM Yousaf Raza Gillani-led cabinet. He also owned Servis Group and founded Shalimar Hospital.
He was a central leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party from Gujrat District and he defeated Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain from Gujrat NA-105 in 1993 and 2008, the leader of PML-Q party, who was allied with President Pervez Musharraf, in the Pakistan's 2008 elections.