In this Pakistani name, the name Sharif is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should

be referred to by the given name, Shehbaz.

Shehbaz Sharif

Leader of the Opposition

Incumbent

Assumed office

20 August 2018

President Mamnoon Hussain

Arif Alvi

Preceded by Khurshid Ahmed Shah

President of Pakistan Muslim League (N)

Incumbent

Assumed office

13 March 2018

Preceded by Nawaz Sharif

 In office

2009–2011

Preceded by Nisar Ali Khan

Succeeded by Nawaz Sharif

Chairman Public Accounts Committee

In office

22 December 2018 – 21 November 2019

Succeeded by Rana Tanveer Hussain

Member of National Assembly of Pakistan

Incumbent

Assumed office

13 August 2018

Constituency NA-132 (Lahore-X)

In office

1990–1993

Constituency NA-96 (Lahore-V)

Chief Minister of Punjab

In office

8 June 2013 – 8 June 2018

Governor Mohammad Sarwar

Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana

Preceded by Najam Sethi (caretaker)

Succeeded by Hasan Askari Rizvi (caretaker)

In office

8 June 2008 – 26 March 2013

Governor Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood

Latif Khosa

Salmaan Taseer

Preceded by Dost Muhammad Khosa

Succeeded by Najam Sethi (Caretaker)

In office

20 February 1997 – 12 October 1999

Governor Shahid Hamid

Zulfiqar Ali Khosa

Preceded by Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat (Caretaker)

Succeeded by Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi (2002)

Leader of the Opposition Provincial Assembly of Punjab

In office

1993 – November 1996

Deputy Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi

Member of Provincial Assembly of Punjab (MPA)

In office

2013–2018
Constituency PP-159 (Lahore-XXIII)

In office

2008–2013

Constituency PP-48 (Bhakkar-II)

In office

1997 – 12 October 1999

Constituency PP-125 (Lahore-X)

In office

1993 – November 1996

Constituency PP-125 (Lahore-X)

In office

1988–1990

Constituency PP-122 (Lahore-VII)

President Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry

In office

1985–1986

Personal details

Born 23 September 1951 (age 68)

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Political party Pakistan Muslim League (N)

Spouse(s) Begum Nusrat

Tehmina Durrani (m. 2003)
 Children 4, including Hamza and Suleman

Relatives See  Sharif family

Net worth est. ₨159 billion (US$1.1 billion) [1]

Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif (pronounced [miˈɑ̃ː mʊˈɦəm.məd̪ ʃɛhˈbɑːz ʃəˈriːf], born 23

September 1951) is a Pakistani politician who is the current Leader of the Opposition in the National
Assembly of Pakistan, in office since 20 August 2018. He has been a member of the National
Assembly since 13 August 2018 and is the current President of the Pakistan Muslim League-N.
Previously, he has served as the Chief Minister of Punjab three times in his political career making
him the longest serving Chief Minister of Punjab.
Sharif was elected to the Punjab Provincial Assembly in 1988 and to the National Assembly in 1990.
He was again elected to the Punjab Assembly in 1993 and named Leader of the Opposition. Elected
a third time in 1997, Sharif was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab on 20 February 1997.
After a military coup deposed the government in 1999, Sharif spent years of self-exile in Saudi
Arabia, returning to Pakistan in 2007. Sharif was appointed Chief Minister for a second term after the
PML-N's victory in the province in the 2008 general elections. He was elected as Chief Minister of
Punjab for third time in 2013.
History