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{{short description|Pakistani politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Jam Kamal Khan
| image = Jam Kamal Khan.png
| caption = Jam Kamal Khan
| order = 21st
| office = Chief Minister of Balochistan
| term_start = 19 August 2018
| term_end = 24 October 2021
| governor = [[Muhammad Khan Achakzai]]<br />[[Amanullah Khan Yasinzai]]<br />[[Syed Zahoor Ahmad Agha]]
| predecessor = [[Alauddin Marri]] (caretaker)
| office1 = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of Balochistan]]
| term_start1 = 13 August 2018
| term_end1 =
| constituency1 = PB-50 (Lasbela-II)
| office2 = [[Ministry of Energy (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Petroleum]]
| term_start2 = 4 August 2017
| term_end2 = 2 April 2018
| primeminister2 = [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
| president2 = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| office3 = [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Resources]]
| term_start3 = 7 June 2013
| term_end3 = 28 July 2017
| president3 = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| primeminister3 = [[Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif]]
| office4 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start4 = 1 June 2013
| term_end4 = 31 May 2018
| constituency4 = [[Constituency NA-270|NA-270 (Awaran-cum-Lasbela)]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|1|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lasbela District|Lasbela]], [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Balochistan]],
[[Pakistan]]
| nationality = Pakistani
| party = [[Balochistan Awami Party]]
| otherparty = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (until 2018)
| father = [[Jam Mohammad Yousaf]]
| successor = [[Abdul Quddus Bizenjo]]
}}

'''Jam Mir Kamal Khan Alyani''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|جام میر کمال خان آلیانی}}}}; born 1 January 1973) is a [[Pakistani]] [[politician]] who served as the 16th [[Chief Minister of Balochistan]], between August 2018 and October 2021.<ref name="dawn1">{{cite news|title=Jamal Kamal Khan steps down as Balochistan CM |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1653783/jamal-kamal-khan-steps-down-as-balochistan-cm |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=24 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> He has been a member of the [[Provincial Assembly of Balochistan]] since August 2018.

Previously, he was a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from June 2013 to May 2018 and served as Minister of State for [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources (Pakistan)|Petroleum and Natural Resources]] in the cabinet of Prime Minister [[Nawaz Sharif]] from 2013 to 2017 and again from August 2017 to March 2018 in the cabinet of Prime Minister [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]].

==Personal life and education==
He was born on 1 January 1973 to [[Jam Mohammad Yousaf]].
One of his ancestor Jam Arradin Korejo Migrated from Sindh and settled in Kanrach during the reign of Mughal emperor Jahangir(1569-1627) later one of his descendants of Jam Arradin, Jam Rabdino was known for his bravery and generosity.
At that time Lasbela was under the rule of Burfats
Finally Jam comes over and They ruled over Lasbela for our two centuries and produced nine able rulers namely
Jam Aali Korejo(1742-1760)
Jam Ghulam Shah Korejo(1760-1776)
Jam Mir Khan Korejo(1776-1830)
Jam Aali Khan II, Jam Mir Khan II, Jam Mir Khan III, Jam Kamal Khan, Jam Ghulam Muhammad Khan and Jam Ghulam Qadir Khan.<ref name="pildat/dob">{{cite web|title=Detail Information|url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=270|access-date=11 July 2017|date=19 April 2014|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419140253/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=270|archive-date=19 April 2014}}</ref>

He holds a degree in marketing from [[Greenwich University, Karachi]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jam Kamal Khan |url=https://www.weforum.org/people/jam-kamal-khan |publisher=World Economic Forum |access-date=18 August 2018}}</ref>

He is the current and 13th [[Jam of Lasbela]]. He belongs to the royal [[Jam family of Lasbela]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/503288/37th-jam-of-lasbela-mir-kamals-coronation-held/ | title=37th Jam of Lasbela Coronation | publisher=The Express Tribune | date=16 Feb 2013 | access-date=4 July 2014 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714225815/http://tribune.com.pk/story/503288/37th-jam-of-lasbela-mir-kamals-coronation-held/ | archive-date=14 July 2014 }}</ref>

==Political career==

He twice served the District Nazim of the [[Lasbela District]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=81030&Cat=4&dt=12/24/2007 | title=Nazim Lasbela District | publisher=The News | date=16 Nov 2007 | access-date=4 July 2014 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714135109/http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=81030&Cat=4&dt=12%2F24%2F2007 | archive-date=14 July 2014 }}</ref> before he was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as an independent candidate from [[Constituency NA-270|Constituency NA-270 (Awaran-cum-Lasbela)]] in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref name="pakistantoday/3april2018" /> He received 56,658 votes and defeated Ghulam Akbar Lasi, a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP). In the same election, he ran for the seat of the [[Provincial Assembly of Balochistan]] from [[Constituency PB-45 (Lasbela-II)]] as an independent candidate but was unsuccessful. He received 20,169 votes and lost the seat to [[Mohammad Saleh Bhutani]].<ref name="ecp/2013">{{cite web|title=2013 election result|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|access-date=3 April 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2018}}</ref>

In June 2013, he was appointed as the Minister of State for [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources (Pakistan)|Petroleum & Natural Resources]] in the [[Cabinet of Pakistan|Cabinet]] of [[Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nation.com.pk/national/07-Jun-2013/25-member-federal-cabinet-sworn-in | title=Sworn in as Minter of State | publisher=The Nation | date=7 June 2013 | access-date=4 July 2014 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210145811/http://www.nation.com.pk/national/07-Jun-2013/25-member-federal-cabinet-sworn-in | archive-date=10 February 2014 }}</ref> He had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the resignation of Prime Minister [[Nawaz Sharif]] after [[Panama Papers case (Pakistan)|Panama Papers case]] decision.<ref>{{cite news|title=PM Nawaz Sharif steps down; federal cabinet stands dissolved|url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pm-nawaz-gives-up-his-post-federal-cabinet-stands-dissolved/|access-date=28 July 2017|work=Daily Pakistan Global|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728114411/https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pm-nawaz-gives-up-his-post-federal-cabinet-stands-dissolved/|archive-date=28 July 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/|access-date=4 August 2017|work=Associated Press Of Pakistan|date=4 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804174456/https://www.app.com.pk/a-43-member-new-cabinet-sworn-in/|archive-date=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/|access-date=4 August 2017|publisher=Pakistan Today|date=4 August 2017}}</ref> He was appointed as the [[Ministry of Energy (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Petroleum]], a division under then newly created Ministry of Energy.<ref>{{cite news|title=Portfolios of Federal Ministers, Ministers of State announced|url=http://www.radio.gov.pk/05-Aug-2017/portfolios-of-federal-ministers-ministers-of-state-announced|access-date=5 August 2017|work=Radio Pakistan|date=5 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805181242/http://www.radio.gov.pk/05-Aug-2017/portfolios-of-federal-ministers-ministers-of-state-announced|archive-date=5 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Portfolios of federal, state ministers|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/221526-Portfolios-of-federal-state-ministers|access-date=5 August 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805133715/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/221526-Portfolios-of-federal-state-ministers|archive-date=5 August 2017}}</ref>

In April 2018, he resigned from the post of Minister of State for Petroleum.<ref name="pakistantoday/3april2018">{{cite news|title=President accepts Petroleum Minister Jam Kamal Khan's resignation|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/04/03/president-accepts-petroleum-minister-jam-kamal-khans-resignation/|access-date=3 April 2018|work=Pakistan Today|date=3 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403062148/https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/04/03/president-accepts-petroleum-minister-jam-kamal-khans-resignation/|archive-date=3 April 2018}}</ref> In April 2018, he quit PML-N<ref name="dawn/5april2018">{{cite news |last1=Hussain |first1=Javed |title=Magsi, Kamal, Domki quit PML-N, set to join newly-formed BAP |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1399768 |access-date=19 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=5 April 2018}}</ref> and helped in creating [[Balochistan Awami Party]] (BAP).<ref name="dawn/19aug2018">{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Syed Ali |title=Jam Kamal Khan sworn in as Balochistan's 16th chief minister |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1428003/jam-kamal-khan-sworn-in-as-balochistans-16th-chief-minister |access-date=19 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=19 August 2018}}</ref> In May 2018, he was elected first president of the BAP.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jam Mir Kamal gets elected BAP chief, urges unity for Balochistan's rights|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1408175/jam-mir-kamal-gets-elected-bap-chief-urges-unity-for-balochistans-rights|access-date=17 May 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=17 May 2018}}</ref>

He resigned on 1 October 2021 as president of Balochistan Awami Party but later withdrawn his decision.<ref name="dawn">{{Cite news|date=2021-10-12|title=Balochistan CM Alyani denies stepping down as BAP chief|language=en|work=Dawn (newspaper)|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1651619|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-10-14|title=Jam Kamal backtracks from resignation as BAP president|work=Dunya News|url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/624056-Jam-Kamal-backtracks-from-resignation-as-BAP-president|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-14}}</ref>

==Chief Minister==

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of BAP from Constituency PB-50 (Lasbela-II) in [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=BAP's Jam Kamal Khan wins PB-50 election |url=https://www.app.com.pk/baps-jam-kamal-khan-wins-pb-50-election/ |access-date=18 August 2018 |work=Associated Press Of Pakistan |date=26 July 2018}}</ref> Following his successful election, BAP nominated him for the office of [[Chief Minister of Balochistan]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Syed Ali |title=BAP nominates Jam Kamal for Balochistan chief minister slot |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1424253 |access-date=18 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=1 August 2018}}</ref> On 18 August 2018, he was elected Chief Minister of Balochistan. He received 39 votes against his opponent [[Mir Younus Aziz Zehri]] who received 20 votes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Syed Ali |title=Balochistan Assembly: Jam Kamal voted in as 16th chief minister |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1427776/balochistan-assembly-jam-kamal-voted-in-as-16th-chief-minister |access-date=18 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=18 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BAP's Jam Kamal elected Balochistan chief minister {{!}} The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1783765/1-jam-kamal-khan-elected-balochistan-chief-minister/ |access-date=18 August 2018 |work=The Express Tribune |date=18 August 2018}}</ref> The same day, he was sworn in as the 16th chief minister of Balochistan.<ref name="dawn/19aug2018" />

After assuming the office as the Chief Minister, Khan formed a 10-member cabinet. Of the 10-member cabinet sworn in on 27 August 2018, 9 were provincial ministers and 1 was advisor.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nine ministers, one adviser sworn into Balochistan cabinet {{!}} The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1789208/1-nine-ministers-one-adviser-sworn-balochistan-cabinet/ |access-date=14 September 2018 |work=The Express Tribune |date=28 August 2018}}</ref> The second part of his cabinet, consisting of 2 provincial ministers was sworn in on 8 September 2018 increasing the size of the cabinet to 12.<ref>{{cite news |title=Balochistan cabinet swells to 12 as two new ministers take oath |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/08/balochistan-cabinet-swells-to-12-as-two-new-ministers-take-oath/ |access-date=14 September 2018 |work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk |date=8 September 2018}}</ref> The same day, he appointed three advisors.<ref>{{cite news |title=Three MPAs appointed as Balochistan CM's advisers {{!}} The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1798085/1-three-mpas-appointed-cms-advisers/ |access-date=14 September 2018 |work=The Express Tribune |date=8 September 2018}}</ref>
On 14 September 2021, oppostion parties presented motion of no confidence against him to Secretry Balochistan Assembly.<ref>https://www.en.dailypakistan.com.pk/15-Sep-2021/opposition-files-no-confidence-motion-against-balochistan-cm-jam-kamal%3fversion=amp</ref>
On 20 October 2021 , motion of no confidence was presented against him in Provincial Assembly of Balochistan.
He resigned as Chief Minister of Balochistan on 24 October 2021.<ref name="dawn1"/>

==References==
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{{Chief Minister of Balochistan}}
{{Sharif III Cabinet}}
{{Abbasi Cabinet}}

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->HammadShakeel911 at 11:17, 29 October 2021