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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =Abdul Rehman Khan Kanju
| honorific-suffix =
| office =Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
|term_start = 13 August 2018
|term_end =
|constituency = [[NA-160 (Lodhran-I)]]
| term_start1 =1 June 2013
|term_end1 = 31 May 2018
|constituency1 = [[Constituency NA-155|NA-155 (Lodhran-II)]]
|office2 = [[Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development|Minister of State for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development]]
| term_start2 = 4 August 2017
|term_end2 = 31 May 2018
|primeminister2 = [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
|president2 = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age| 1976 |7|18|df=y}}
| birth_place =
|nationality = [[Pakistani]]
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
}}

'''Abdul Rehman Khan Kanju''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|عبدالرحمان خان کانجو}}}}; born 18 July 1976) is a [[Pakistani]] politician who has been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] since August 2018. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018.

He served as [[Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development|Minister of State for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development]], in [[Abbasi cabinet]] from August 2017 to May 2018.

==Early life==
He was born on 18 July 1976.<ref name="pildat/dob">{{cite web|title=Detail Information|url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=155|accessdate=9 July 2017|date=21 April 2014|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421155700/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=155|archivedate=21 April 2014}}</ref>

==Political career==

He was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as an independent candidate from [[Constituency NA-155|Constituency NA-155 (Lodhran-II)]] in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The debutantes in the National Assembly|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1015559|accessdate=6 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=2 June 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305115053/https://www.dawn.com/news/1015559|archivedate=5 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=43 newly elected legislators join PML-N|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1013019/43-newly-elected-legislators-join-pm|accessdate=6 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=23 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306131126/https://www.dawn.com/news/1013019/43-newly-elected-legislators-join-pm|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Public in LB polls buried politics of lies: Hamza|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/14-Dec-2015/public-in-lb-polls-buried-politics-of-lies-hamza|accessdate=6 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307044715/http://nation.com.pk/national/14-Dec-2015/public-in-lb-polls-buried-politics-of-lies-hamza|archivedate=7 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Disqualification case of MNA adjourned|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/10-Sep-2015/disqualification-case-of-mna-adjourned|accessdate=6 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307044815/http://nation.com.pk/national/10-Sep-2015/disqualification-case-of-mna-adjourned|archivedate=7 March 2017}}</ref> He received 85,452 votes and defeated [[Muhammad Akhtar Khan Kanju]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2013 election result|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=12 May 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|archivedate=1 February 2018}}</ref> He joined [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) in May 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=33 independent MPAs, 12 MNAs join PML-N|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/630765-33-independent-mpas,-12-mnas-join-pml-n|accessdate=15 January 2018|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912135141/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/630765-33-independent-mpas,-12-mnas-join-pml-n|archivedate=12 September 2017}}</ref>

Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of [[Abbasi ministry|Abbasi]].<ref name="app/4aug2017">{{cite news|title=A 43-member new cabinet sworn in|url=https://www.app.com.pk/a-43-member-new-cabinet-sworn-in/|accessdate=4 August 2017|work=Associated Press Of Pakistan|date=4 August 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804174456/https://www.app.com.pk/a-43-member-new-cabinet-sworn-in/|archivedate=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="pakistantoday/4aug2017">{{cite news|title=PM Khaqan Abbasi’s 43-member cabinet takes oath today|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/08/04/new-federal-cabinet-ministers-take-oath-today/|accessdate=4 August 2017|publisher=Pakistan Today|date=4 August 2017}}</ref> He was appointed as the Minister of State for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development.<ref>{{cite news|title=Portfolios of federal, state ministers|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/221526-Portfolios-of-federal-state-ministers|accessdate=5 August 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805133715/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/221526-Portfolios-of-federal-state-ministers|archivedate=5 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Bloated cabinet: Influential ministers with powerless underlings - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1515317/bloated-cabinet-influential-ministers-powerless-underlings/|accessdate=26 September 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=25 September 2017}}</ref> Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Kanju ceased to hold the office as Minister of State for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development.<ref>{{cite web |title=Notification |url=http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf |publisher=Cabinet division |accessdate=1 June 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180601180526/http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf |archivedate=1 June 2018}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency [[NA-160 (Lodhran-I)]] in [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Abdul Rehman Khan Kanchu of PML-N wins NA-160 election |url=https://www.app.com.pk/abdul-rehman-khan-kanchu-of-pml-n-wins-na-160-election/ |accessdate=3 August 2018 |work=Associated Press Of Pakistan |date=26 July 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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