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| name = Chaudhry Amir Hussain<br />
| image = Chaudhry Amir Hussain.jpg<br />
| office = [[Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan|17th Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan]]<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Honorable]]<br />
| deputy = [[Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan]]<br />
| term_start = 19 September 2002<br />
| term_end = 19 March 2008<br />
| predecessor = [[Elahi Bux Soomro]]<br />
| successor = [[Fahmida Mirza]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|6|22|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jammu]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] (princely state) <br /><small>(now [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]])</small><br />
| death_date = <br />
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| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League]] <small>(Before 1985)</small><br />[[Pakistan Muslim League (F)|Pakistan Muslim League-<br />Functional]] <small>(1985–1988)</small><br />[[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|Pakistan Muslim League-<br />Nawaz]] <small>(1988–2002)</small><br />[[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|Pakistan Muslim League-<br />Quaid]] <small>(2002–present)</small><br />
| alma_mater = [[University of the Punjab]]<br />
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'''Chaudhry Amir Hussain''' (born 22 June 1942; [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]) is a Pakistani politician. He was the 17th [[Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan|Speaker]] of [[National Assembly of Pakistan]], serving from 2002 to 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/misc/pakistan-amir-hussain-191005.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-09-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232327/https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/misc/pakistan-amir-hussain-191005.htm |archivedate=2016-03-03 }}</ref><br />
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Chaudhry Amir Hussain was born in [[Jammu]]. His family migrated to [[Sialkot]] in 1947. He did M.A 'LLB from the [[University of the Punjab]] & enrolled as an advocate. He is now advocate of [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]]. He started his parliamentary politics in 1985 when he was elected Member National Assembly of Pakistan. He represented his constituency for five terms. He remained Federal Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary affairs. He also served as a Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/802603/a-womans-touch-wins-over-a-rural-electorate-2|title = A woman's touch wins over a rural electorate|date = 15 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/277124/pti-picks-up-support-from-pml-q-faction/|title=PTI picks up support from PML-Q faction|date=18 October 2011}}</ref><br />
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On October 2, 2007, 85 Pakistani opposition lawmakers resigned from the country's parliament to derail President [[Pervez Musharraf]]'s re-election bid. The Parliament was to elect the new president before October 15. National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain stated that the resignations would not affect the presidential election.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/02/musharraf.protests/index.html Cnn.com, Mass walkout bid to stop Musharraf]</ref><br />
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Hussain was defeated in the [[2008 Pakistani parliamentary election|February 2008 parliamentary election]].<ref>Nirupama Subramanian, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080522191955/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/20/stories/2008022052681600.htm "Big heads roll in Pakistan poll"], ''The Hindu'', February 20, 2008.</ref><br />
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