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{{short description|Pakistani politician (born 1962)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema
| honorific-suffix =

| office = Provincial Minister of Punjab for Irrigation and Power
| term_start = 2003
| term_end = 2008
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Parvez Elahi]]

| office2 = Provincial Minister of Punjab for Livestock and Dairy Development
| term_start2 = 1990
| term_end2 = 1993
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[Ghulam Haider Wyne]]

| office3 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start3 = 20 February 2019
| term_end3 = 4 November 2022
| constituency3 = [[NA-91 (Sargodha-IV)]]
| office4 = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
| term_start4 = 1 June 2013
| term_end4 = 31 May 2018
| term_start5 = 9 April 2008
| term_end5 = 20 March 2013
| nationality = Pakistani
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|5|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Sargodha]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
| father = [[Anwar Ali Cheema]]
| spouse = [[Tanzila Aamir Cheema]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-bureaucrats join politics |url=https://nation.com.pk/14-Mar-2017/ex-bureaucrats-join-politics |accessdate=14 August 2018 |work=The Nation |date=13 March 2017}}</ref>
| children = [[Muhammad Muneeb Sultan Cheema]]

| constituency1 =
| term_start6 = 25 November 2002
| term_end6 = 17 November 2007
| term_start7 = 18 February 1997
| term_end7 = 12 October 1999
| constituency7 = PP-28 (Sargodha-V)
| constituency4 = PP-32 (Sargodha-V)
| constituency5 = PP-32 (Sargodha-V)
| constituency6 = PP-32 (Sargodha-V)
| term_start8 = 5 November 1990
| term_end8 = 28 June 1993
| constituency8 = PP-28 (Sargodha-V)
| party =
| otherparty = [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|PML(Q)]] (2002-2018)<br> [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PMLN]] (1993-2002)<br>[[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad|IJI]] (1988-1993)<br> [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|PTI]] (2018-2023)
}}

'''Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nq|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]].<ref name="pap">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/888|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=15 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619235728/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/888|archivedate=19 June 2017}}</ref>

He did his early education from Atchison College. He graduated in 1986 from Government College, Sargodha and has a degree of Bachelor of Arts.<ref name="pap" />

==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 the [[1988 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Previous Assemblies|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/uploads/previous_members/L-1988-1990.shtml|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=28 February 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614204958/http://www.pap.gov.pk/uploads/previous_members/L-1988-1990.shtml|archivedate=14 June 2017}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from Constituency PP-28 (Sargodha) in the [[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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Previous Assemblies|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/uploads/previous_members/L-1990-1993.shtml|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=28 February 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614213749/http://www.pap.gov.pk/uploads/previous_members/L-1990-1993.shtml|archivedate=14 June 2017}}</ref>

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 the [[1997 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Previous Assemblies|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/uploads/previous_members/L-1997-1999.shtml|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=28 February 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615005144/http://www.pap.gov.pk/uploads/previous_members/L-1997-1999.shtml|archivedate=15 June 2017}}</ref>

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 the [[2002 Pakistani general election]]. He received 47,007 votes and defeated Naveed Akram, a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP).<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=28 February 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|archivedate=26 January 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hanif|first1=Intikhab|title=25-member Punjab cabinet takes oath|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/76011|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=4 January 2003}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-32 (Sarghoda-V) in the [[2008 Pakistani general election]]. He received 48,522 votes and defeated Mian Muhammad Khalid Kalyar, a candidate of PPP.<ref>{{cite web|title=2008 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=28 February 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105060230/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|archivedate=5 January 2018}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-32 (Sargodha-V) in the [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/429935|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=The News|date=13 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116081102/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/429935|archivedate=16 January 2018}}</ref> He received 55,358 votes and defeated Malik Shoaib Awan, a candidate of PML-N.<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=4 July 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526173608/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf |archivedate=26 May 2018 }}</ref>

In April 2018, he announced to quit PML-Q and join [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Correspondent|first1=The Newspaper's|title=PTI to end poverty, make Pakistan a welfare state: Imran|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1403975/pti-to-end-poverty-make-pakistan-a-welfare-state-imran|accessdate=26 April 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=26 April 2018}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news |title=PTI's Sultan wins NA-91 after repolling |url=https://nation.com.pk/03-Feb-2019/pti-s-sultan-wins-na-91-after-repolling |accessdate=4 February 2019 |work=The Nation |date=3 February 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="samaa-2019-02-02">{{cite news|url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2019/02/re-polling-underway-in-sargodhas-na-91/ |title= PTI's Aamir Sultan Cheema emerges victorious after re-polling in Sargodha's NA-91|date=February 2, 2019 |publisher=Samaa Digital}}</ref>

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

==References==
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