Mamnoon Hussain

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Official portrait, 2013

Office 12th President of Pakistan


Office 24th Governor of Sindh



Term start 9 September 2013
Term end 9 September 2018
Predecessor Asif Ali Zardari
Successor Arif Alvi





Born 1940-12-23
Born Agra, United Provinces, British India
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Place of death Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan



Political party PMLN (1993–2021)
Spouse Mehmooda Mamnoon


Alma mater Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
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Mamnoon HussainTemplate:Efn (23 December 1940 – 14 July 2021)[1] was a Pakistani politician, industrialist and statesman who served as the 12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018. He also served as the governor of Sindh from June 1999 until being deposed in a coup d'état in October 1999, when the federal and all provincial governments were overthrown by Pervez Musharraf.[2][3]

Hussain was then nominated for the presidency by the PML(N) in July 2013 and was elected through an indirect presidential election.[4][5] Hussain took over the presidency after an oath administered by the Chief Justice of Pakistan on 9 September 2013.[5][6]

Hussain maintained a low-key profile as president and his role was rarely seen in the nation's politics, although he was involved in a Polio eradication program.[7]

Personal life

Mamnoon Hussain was born in Agra, British India in 1940 to Ustad Zafar Hussain. His family's ancestral occupation was in the trade of leather and footwear.[8] They moved to Karachi in 1949.[9][10][11][12] After being homeschooled,[13] Hussain enrolled in the Karachi University where he studied for the Commerce degree. After graduating from the Karachi University in 1963,[14] he entered in the master's program at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) in Karachi, and obtained his MBA degree in 1965.[15][16]

Initially supporting and strengthening his father's business, he later founded his own textile company in Karachi.[15] He later joined the center-right Pakistan Muslim League in 1970, working as a party worker.[17] In 1997, he earned public notability as a business leader when he was elected as president of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry, serving until May 1999.[18]

Political career

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Hussain at the 2018 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in China

Hussain began to take interest in national politics in 1968 when he became chairman and joined the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) led by Nurul Amin. Initially, an activist with reformist zeal in 1968, Hussain became joint secretary of the Pakistan Muslim League's Karachi chapter.[16] In 1993, he officially joined the PML(N) led by Nawaz Sharif and was appointed the Finance Secretary of the PML(N) in Sindh.[16]

An advisor to Sindh Chief Minister Liaquat Ali Jatoi between 1997 and 1998,In June 1999, he became the Governor of Sindh, but his term was cut short on 12 October 1999 when the PML(N) government was ousted in a military coup.[16] which led to the suspension of the Constitution. While the military sought to isolate Nawaz Sharif, Mamnoon Hussain remained loyal to him.[19] His credentials as a politician devoted to the cause of democracy were established when he became a political prisoner after raising his voice against the military regime of Pervez Musharraf.[16]

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Hussain in 2014

He ran for the National Assembly of Pakistan in the 2002 Pakistani general election from NA-250 Karachi-XII as a candidate of the PML(N), but was unsuccessful. He received 5,565 votes and was defeated by Abdul Sattar Afghani, a candidate of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).[20]

Azhar Haroon, the former president of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said: "He had no political affiliation until 1999 but his polite discourse and professional ability impressed Nawaz Sharif, who appointed him as the Governor of Sindh".[21] He was a relatively lesser-known figure,[12][22] described as loyal to Nawaz Sharif,[23] and was elected President of Pakistan as the official nominee of the PML-N in the July 2013 presidential election. Hussain secured 432 votes and his only rival Wajihuddin Ahmed received 77.[24] He was sworn in on 9 September 2013 in a ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr, attended by mainstream political and military leadership alongside foreign dignitaries, media personnel and his close relatives.[25][26] At the time of assuming the office of president, he became the second oldest president of Pakistan.[27] His term for the presidency ended on 8 September 2018.[28] He was the second president of Pakistan whose family migrated to Pakistan from India after the Partition of India. He belonged to an ethnic Muhajir family.[29]

Death

In February 2020, Hussain was diagnosed with cancer and was under treatment.[3][30] On 14 July 2021, he died in Karachi, aged 80.[31]

See also

Notes

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References

  1. ↑ Former president Mamnoon Hussain passes away in Karachi.
  2. ↑ Profile: Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain. BBC News(9 September 2013). Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Former Pakistan president Mamnoon Hussain passes away. The Hindu(15 July 2021). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  4. ↑ Profile:Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain(9 September 2013). Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mamnoon Hussain takes oath today(9 September 2013). Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Mamnoon Hussain takes oath as country's 12th president. Pakistan Today(9 September 2013). Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Mamnoon Hussain: Pakistan's 'invisible' president. BBC News(3 March 2014). Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  8. ↑ Agra relatives mourn former Pakistani president Mamnoon Hussain Qureshi's death. India Today(2021-07-15).
  9. ↑ Mamnoon Hussain most likely to replace Zardari. The News(21 July 2013). Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  10. ↑ EXCLUSIVE: Q&A WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT MAMNOON HUSSAIN. Newsweek(31 July 2013).
  11. ↑ Indian-Born Mamnoon Hussain Elected President of Pakistan, After Opposition PPP Boycotts Poll. IB Times(30 July 1948). Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Explainer: All You Need To Know About Pakistan's (Indirect) Presidential Election(10 November 2014).
  13. ↑ I have never gone to school, says President Mamnoon – Pakistan(22 December 2016). Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  14. ↑ Profile: Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain(2 March 2014). Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 President Mamnoon Hussain(17 February 2014). Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 President's Profile. Presidency, Govt of Pakistan. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  17. ↑ Mamnoon Hussain: Indian-born president-elect of Pakistan – The Express Tribune(6 September 2013). Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  18. ↑ Ghumman, Khawar (23 July 2013 ) Mamnoon strongest PML-N candidate. Dawn.
  19. ↑ Mamnoon Hussain elected 12th President of Pakistan, NA. www.geo.tv(2013-07-30). Retrieved 2025-08-18.
  20. ↑ NA 250 Karachi XII Detail Election Result 2002. www.electionpakistani.com. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  21. ↑ India-born Mamnoon Hussain elected Pakistani president. NDTV.com.
  22. ↑ Mamnoon Hussain: The New Man in Pakistan. The Daily Beast(30 July 2013).
  23. ↑ Mamnoon Hussain elected President of Pakistan. Gulf News.
  24. ↑ Mamnoon Hussain elected 12th President of Pakistan. geo.tv(30 July 2013).
  25. ↑ Mamnoon takes oath as 12th president today. The Nation (Pakistan). 9 September 2013
  26. ↑ Current Pakistani Officials. Quickjobs.pk. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  27. ↑ Mamnoon Hussain becomes president at age of 73.5 years. The News International.
  28. ↑ President Mamnoon given farewell guard of honour. geo.tv(8 September 2018).
  29. ↑ Dr Arif Alvi's father was Jawaharlal Nehru's dentist | Life & Style(5 September 2018). Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  30. ↑ Former President Mamnoon Hussain died in Karachi. Lahore Herald(July 14, 2021).Template:Dead link
  31. ↑ Former president Mamnoon Hussain passes away in Karachi at 80. Dawn(14 July 2021).

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