Nawaz Sharif

Nawaz Sharif نواز شریف‎
Prime Minister of Pakistan
In office 5 June 2013 – 28 July 2017
President	Asif Ali Zardari Mamnoon Hussain
Preceded by	Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (Interim)
Succeeded by	Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
In office 17 February 1997 – 12 October 1999
President	Rafiq Tarar Farooq Leghari Wasim Sajjad
Preceded by	Malik Meraj Khalid (Acting)
Succeeded by	Pervez Musharraf (Chief Executive)
In office 26 May 1993 – 18 July 1993
President	Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Preceded by	Balakh Sher Mazari (Acting)
Succeeded by	Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi (Acting)
In office 6 November 1990 – 18 April 1993
President	Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Preceded by	Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (Acting)
Succeeded by	Balakh Sher Mazari (Acting)
Minister of Defence
In office 17 February 1997 – 12 October 1999
Preceded by	Shahid Hamid (Acting)
Succeeded by	Pervez Musharraf
Leader of the Opposition
In office 19 October 1993 – 5 November 1996
Preceded by	Benazir Bhutto
Succeeded by	Benazir Bhutto
Chief Minister of Punjab
In office 9 April 1985 – 13 August 1990
Governor	Makhdoom Sajjad Hussain Qureshi Tikka Khan
Preceded by	Sadiq Hussain Qureshi
Succeeded by	Ghulam Haider Wyne
President of Pakistan Muslim League (N)
In office 1993–2002
In office 2011–Incumbent
Personal details
Born	(1949-12-25) 25 December 1949 Lahore, Pakistan
Political party	Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (1999–present)
Other political affiliations	Pakistan Muslim League (1976-1999) Muslim Democratic Alliance (1988–1990)
Spouse(s)	Kulsoom Nawaz ​ ​ (m. 1971; died 2018)​
Children	Hassan Nawaz Hussain Nawaz Maryam Nawaz Asma Nawaz
Alma mater	Government College University University of the Punjab
Website	Official website

Nawaz Sharif (Urdu: نواز شریف‎, pronounced [nəˈʋəz ʃaːriːf]; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani politician and businessmen. He served as the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms from November 1990-July 1993, February 1997-October 1999, and June 2013-July 2017. He is the longest-serving prime minister of Pakistan, having served a total of more than 9 years across three tenures. He was the Chief Minister of Punjab from 1985 to 1990.

Born into the upper-middle-class Sharif family in Lahore, Nawaz is the son of Muhammad Sharif, the founder of Ittefaq and Sharif groups. He is a wealthy businessman and a conservative politician. His first term was shortened after the Pakistan Army pressured him to resign. In 1997, he was overwhelmingly elected for a second term by a wide margin. During his second term, he notably ordered Pakistan's first nuclear test in response to India's aggressive nuclear tests. He was ousted in an October 1999 military coup by Pervez Musharraf. He returned to Pakistan in late 2007 after eight years of exile. He successfully called for Musharraf's impeachment and the reinstatement of former Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

On 28 July 2017, after a direct ruling from the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Sharif resigned as Prime Minister due to his role in the Panama Papers case.

In December 2019, Sharif was diagnosed with heart disease.