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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Senator
| name =Kamran Michael
| image =
|office = [[Ministry of Statistics (Pakistan)|Minister for Statistics]]
| term_start = 4 August 2017
|term_end= 31 May 2018
|primeminister = [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
|president = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
|predecessor =Office established
| successor =[[Shamshad Akhtar]]
| office1 = Minister for Human Rights
| term_start1 =21 May 2016
| term_end1 = 28 July 2017
| president1 =[[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| primeminister1 =[[Nawaz Sharif]]
| office2 = [[Ministry of Ports and Shipping|Minister for Ports and Shipping]]
| term_start2 =8 June 2013
| term_end2 =21 May 2016
| president2 =[[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| primeminister2 =[[Nawaz Sharif]]
| predecessor2 =[[Babar Khan Ghauri|Babar Ghauri]]
| successor2 = [[Hasil Bizenjo]]
|office3 =Member of the [[Senate of Pakistan]]
|term_start3 = 12 March 2012
|term_end3 =
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1973|10|09}}<ref name="dob">{{cite web|title=Profile|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/9/418|website=www.pap.gov.pk|publisher=Punjab Assembly|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref>
| birth_place =[[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]],
|nationality = Pakistani
| party =[[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]<br />({{Small|1993–Present}})
| alma_mater =[[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]]<br />{{small|[[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile|url=http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=768|website=www.senate.gov.pk|publisher=Senate of Pakistan|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref>
}}

'''Kamran Michael''' ([[Urdu]]: '''کامران مائیکل''') is a [[Pakistani]] politician who served as [[Ministry of Statistics (Pakistan)|Minister for Statistics]], in [[Abbasi cabinet]] from August 2017 to May 2018. He previously served as the [[Ministry of Human Rights (Pakistan)|Minister for Human Rights]] in the [[third Sharif ministry]] from 2013 to 2017. A member of the [[Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)]], Michael held the cabinet portfolio of [[Ministry of Ports and Shipping|Minister for Ports and Shipping]] from 2013 to 2016.

Michael has been an elected member of the [[Senate of Pakistan]] on minorities seat since 2012 and has served as the Provincial Minister for Minorities Affairs, Human Rights, Women development, Social Welfare and Finance in the [[Government of Punjab, Pakistan|Provincial Assembly of Punjab]].

In 2016, he moved the [[Hindu marriage laws in Pakistan#Hindu marriage act of 2017|Hindu marriage bill]] in 2016, which later became law.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1286344|title=NA finally passes Hindu marriage bill|author=Kalbe Ali|newspaper=Dawn|date=27 September 2016|access-date=10 November 2020}}</ref>

==Political career==
Michael started his political career in 2001 after getting elected as Councillor. Later he was elected as Member of Lahore District Council.<ref name="mohr">{{cite web|title=Profile of Minister|url=http://202.83.164.28/ministries/mohr/profile.php?id=1|website=202.83.164.28|publisher=Minister For Human Rights|access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref>

Michael was elected as member of the [[Provincial Assembly of Punjab]] for the first time in [[2002 Pakistani general election]] on one of the eight seats reserved for minorities. He was re-elected as the member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] for a second term in [[2008 Pakistani general election]]. He was appointed as provincial minister of Punjab for human rights, provincial minister for Minority Affairs, provincial minister for Social Welfare and provincial minister for Women development.<ref>{{cite news|title=CM 'active', cabinet in 'hibernation'|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/751616/cm-active-cabinet-in-hibernation|access-date=18 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=24 September 2012}}</ref><ref name="Tribune/10aug2011" /><ref name="pap.gov.pk/cabinet">{{cite web|title=Punjab Government 2008–2013 |url=http://www.pap.gov.pk//index.php/members/govt_n_opp/en/0 |publisher=Provincial Assembly of The Punja |access-date=18 November 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607105658/http://www.pap.gov.pk//index.php/members/govt_n_opp/en/0 |archive-date= 7 June 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Minorities' quota in Punjab|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/865273/minorities-quota-in-punjab|access-date=18 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=10 September 2009}}</ref> In 2010, he was appointed as the provincial minister for Finance<ref name="Tribune/10aug2011">{{cite news|title=Non-Muslims ought to be eligible to become President, PM: Kamran Michael – The Express Tribune|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/228680/non-muslims-ought-to-be-eligible-to-become-president-pm-kamran-michael/|access-date=18 November 2016|work=The Express Tribune|date=10 August 2011|ref=Tribune/10aug2011}}</ref><ref name="mohr" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Newspaper|first1=the|title=Austerity measures, ban on jobs|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/635395/austerity-measures-ban-on-jobs|access-date=9 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=9 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Federal cabinet unveiled: Enter the ministers – The Express Tribune|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/560553/federal-cabinet-unveiled-enter-the-ministers/|access-date=10 October 2016|work=The Express Tribune|date=8 June 2013}}</ref>

Michael was elected member of the [[Senate of Pakistan]] in 2012 for the first time on a seat reserved for minorities after assassination of [[Shahbaz Bhatti]].<ref name="dawn/16feb2012">{{cite news|title=12 elected unopposed to Senate from Punjab|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/695996/12-elected-unopposed-to-senate-from-punjab|access-date=18 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=16 February 2012|ref=dawn/16feb2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Punjab Assembly: Lawmakers demand bulletproof cars – The Express Tribune|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/481847/punjab-assembly-lawmakers-demand-bulletproof-cars/|access-date=10 October 2016|work=The Express Tribune|date=20 December 2012}}</ref> Upon PML-N victory in the [[2013 Pakistani general election]], Michael was made the [[Ministry of Ports and Shipping|Minister for Ports and Shipping]] in June 2013 where he served until May 2016.<ref name="tribune/21may2016">{{cite news|title=Bizenjo, Sheikh Aftab sworn in as ministers – The Express Tribune|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1107267/bizenjo-sheikh-aftab-sworn-ministers/|access-date=18 November 2016|work=The Express Tribune|date=21 May 2016|ref=tribune/21may2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Bizenjo, Sheikh Aftab sworn in as ministers – The Express Tribune|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1107267/bizenjo-sheikh-aftab-sworn-ministers/|access-date=10 October 2016|publisher=The Express Tribune|date=21 May 2016}}</ref> In 2016, he was appointed as Minister for Human Rights.<ref name="tribune/21may2016" />

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}}</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}}</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 Federal Minister for Statistics.<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}}</ref>

He was nominated by PML-N as its candidate in [[2018 Pakistani Senate election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N, PPP shortlist candidates for Senate elections|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/02/07/pml-n-ppp-shortlist-candidates-for-senate-elections/|access-date=22 March 2018|work=Pakistan Today|date=7 February 2018}}</ref> However the [[Election Commission of Pakistan]] declared all PML-N candidates for the Senate election as independent after a ruling of the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N's Senate nominees to contest election as independent candidates, says ECP|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1391004|access-date=22 March 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=22 February 2018}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the Senate as an independent candidate on a reserved seat for non-Muslim from Punjab in Senate election.<ref>{{cite news|title=LIVE: PML-N-backed independent candidates lead in Punjab, PPP in Sindh - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1649842/1-live-polling-begins-52-senate-seats/|access-date=3 March 2018|work=The Express Tribune|date=3 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Khan|first1=Iftikhar A.|title=PML-N gains Senate control amid surprise PPP showing|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1393083/pml-n-gains-senate-control-amid-surprise-ppp-showing|access-date=4 March 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=4 March 2018}}</ref> On 12 March 2018, he ceased to hold the office of Federal Minister for Statistics due to expiration of his term in the Senate.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dar, Michael, Kareem no more ministers|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/292631-dar-michael-kareem-no-more-ministers|access-date=24 March 2018|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref> On 15 March 2018, he was re-inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi<ref>{{cite news|title=Michael, Kareem made federal ministers|url=https://nation.com.pk/15-Mar-2018/michael-kareem-made-federal-ministers|access-date=24 March 2018|work=The Nation}}</ref> and was re-appointed as Federal Minister for Statistics.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hafiz Abdul Kareem, Kamran Michael sworn in as federal ministers|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/186413-hafiz-abdul-kareem-kamran-michael-sworn-in-as-federal-ministers?5aa9663d2e9ad|access-date=24 March 2018|work=www.geo.tv}}</ref>

He joined the treasury benches, led by PML-N after assuming the office of Senator.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Guramani|first1=Nadir|title=15 independent senators backed by PML-N in Senate polls join treasury|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1396875/15-independent-senators-backed-by-pml-n-in-senate-polls-join-treasury|access-date=22 March 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=22 March 2018}}</ref> Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Michael ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Statistics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Notification |url=http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf |publisher=Cabinet division |access-date=1 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180601180526/http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf |archive-date=1 June 2018}}</ref>

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