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Sikandar Bosan
Pakistani politician and parliamentarian

Sikandar Bosan

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Pakistani politician and parliamentarian
A.K.A.
Sikandar Hayat Bosan
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Multan, Multan District, Punjab, Pakistan
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67 years
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Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan (Urdu: سکندر حیات خان بوسان‎; born 5 November 1957) is a Pakistani politician who is the current Minister for National Food Security and Research, in office since August 2017. He previously served as the Minister for National Food Security and Research in the Third Sharif ministry. A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Bosan previously held the cabinet portfolio of Minister for Food, Agriculture & Livestock from 2004 to 2007 during the Shaukat Aziz ministry.

Bosan is a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, currently representing NA-151 (Multan-IV) and served as Minister of State for Food, Agriculture and Livestock from 2002 to 2004 during the Zafarullah Khan Jamali ministry.

Early life

He was born on 5 November 1957 in Multan, Pakistan.

Political career

Bosan started his political career in 1958 as member of District Council Multan. He was elected as the member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab in Pakistani general election, 1985 for the first time, in Pakistani general election, 1988 for the second time, and in Pakistani general election, 1990 for the third time.

Bosan become member of National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time in Pakistani general election, 1997. In Pakistani general election, 2002, he was re-elected as member of the National Assembly for the second time from constituency NA-151 on the ticket of Pakistan Muslim League (Q). In 2002, he was made Minister of state without portfolio and reportedly assigned to Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock In 2004, he was formally appointed as Minister of State for Food, Agriculture and Livestock and later in 2004 was appointed as Minister for Food, Agriculture & Livestock.

In Pakistani general election, 2008, Bosan lost the National Assembly seat to Yousaf Raza Gilani.

Bosan left Pakistan Muslim League (Q) to join the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Later in 2013, he left Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and joined Pakistan Muslim League (N).

In Pakistani general election, 2013, he was re-elected as member of the National Assembly for the third time. He was made Minister for National Food Security & Research in June 2013.

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 decision. Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi. He was appointed as the Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research.

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