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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{distinguish|Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix =
| name = Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar
| office = Member of the [[Senate of Pakistan]]
| term_start = January 2013
| term_end = March 2015
| office1 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start1 =1993
| term_end1 = 1999
|constituency1 = NA-149 (Rahim Yar Khan-III)
|office2 = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
|term_start2 = 1988
|term_end2 = 1993
|constituency2= PP-237 (Rahim Yar Khan-VI)
| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
|spouse = [[Begum Ishrat Ashraf]] (wife)
|children = [[Zaib Jaffar]] (daughter) <br /> [[Chaudhry Muhammad Omar Jaffar]] (son)
|relatives= [[Maiza Hameed]] (niece) <br /> [[Zaka Ashraf]] (brother-in-law)
| nationality = Pakistani
}}

'''Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|چوہدری جعفر اقبال گجر}}}}), is a [[Pakistani]] politician who was a member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] from 1988 to 1993 and a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from 1993 to 1999. He served as deputy speaker of the National Assembly from 1997 to 2001 and a member of the [[Senate of Pakistan]] from 2013 to 2015. He served in the Provincial cabinet of [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] during his tenure as member of the Punjab Assembly, first as advisor to chief minister and then as Minister of Punjab for Health.

==Family==
He is married to [[Begum Ishrat Ashraf]] and has a daughter [[Zaib Jaffar]] and a son [[Chaudhry Muhammad Omar Jaffar]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/688|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=11 December 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211161316/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/688|archivedate=11 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wasim |first1=Amir |title=For PML-N, only family seems to matter |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1414042/for-pml-n-only-family-seems-to-matter |accessdate=14 June 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=14 June 2018}}</ref>

==Political career==

He was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of Punjab]] as a candidate of [[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad]] (IJI) from Constituency PP-237 (Rahim Yar Khan-VI) in [[1988 Pakistani general election]]. He received 37,849 votes and defeated Irfan Abdullah, a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP).<ref name="ecp/pa-88-97">{{cite web |title=Punjab Assembly election results 1988-97 |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Punjab.pdf |publisher=ECP |accessdate=14 June 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830191836/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Punjab.pdf |archivedate=30 August 2017 }}</ref> During his tenure as Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab|Punjab Assembly]], he served in the Provincial Punjab cabinet as Advisor to Chief Minister of Punjab, [[Nawaz Sharif]].<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=14 June 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><ref name="pap/2008">{{cite web |title=Profile |url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/688 |website=www.pap.gov.pk |publisher=Punjab Assembly |accessdate=14 June 2018 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211161316/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/688 |archivedate=11 December 2017 }}</ref>

He was re-elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as a candidate of IJI from Constituency PP-237 (Rahim Yar Khan-VI) in [[1990 Pakistani general election]]. He received 48,651 votes and defeated Muhammad Aslam Khan Narro, a candidate of [[Pakistan Democratic Alliance]] (PDA).<ref name="ecp/pa-88-97" /> During his tenure as Member of the Punjab Assembly, he served in the Provincial Punjab cabinet as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Health.<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=14 June 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><ref name="pap/2008" />

He was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) from Constituency NA-149 (Rahim Yar Khan-III) in [[1993 Pakistani general election]]. He received 79,720 votes and defeated Zafar Iqbal Warraich, a candidate of PPP.<ref name="ecp/na-88-97">{{cite web |title=National Assembly election results 1988-97 |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/NA.pdf |publisher=ECP |accessdate=14 June 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828225608/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/NA.pdf |archivedate=28 August 2017 }}</ref>

He was re-elected to the [[National Assembly]] as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-149 (Rahim Yar Khan-III) in [[1997 Pakistani general election]]. He received 76,201 votes and defeated Zafar Iqbal Warraich, a candidate of PPP.<ref name="ecp/na-88-97" /> He served as deputy speaker of the National Assembly from February 1997 to August 2001.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Deputy Speakers |url=http://www.na.gov.pk/en/print_list.php?type=deputyspeakers |website=www.na.gov.pk |publisher=National Assembly |accessdate=14 June 2018}}</ref>

He was elected to the [[Senate of Pakistan]] in January 2013<ref>{{cite web |title=Senate of Pakistan |url=http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=817 |website=www.senate.gov.pk |accessdate=14 June 2018}}</ref> where he served until retirement in March 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wasim |first1=Amir |title=87 aspiring Senate candidates appear before PML-N board |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1161647 |accessdate=14 June 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=5 February 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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