Shahbaz Sharif

Who is Shahbaz Sharif?

Mian Shahbaz Sharif is a Pakistani politician and a public figure who serves as the Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan. He is the longest serving Chief Minister of Punjab by holding the same office twice before between 1997 till 1999 and 2008 till 2013.

As the brother of Nawaz Sharif, current Prime Minister of Pakistan and President of Pakistan Muslim League, Shahbaz serves as the second person in charge of the party and presides over its provincial chapter of Punjab. Shahbaz after 1999 Pakistani coup d'état, he along with his entire family, was sent to exile to Saudi Arabia only to return to Pakistan in 2007.

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in 1988 elections and National Assembly in 1990. He was again elected to the Punjab Assembly in 1993 and was named Leader of the Opposition in the house when Manzoor Wattoo was the chief minister of Punjab. After his election to the Punjab Assembly for the third time in 1997 elections, Shahbaz Sharif was elected leader of the house and sworn in as the chief minister of Punjab on February 20, 1997.