Syed Junaid Safdar

Biography

A member of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML (N)), he has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan since 2003, and served as Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from 2012 to 2013. He had previously been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for seven years from 1993 to 1999. Grew up in Lahore, Dar was educated at the Hailey College of Commerce, Government College University, later attending the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Prior to entering politics, he was a chartered accountant and worked as an accountant in various private and public sector organizations. Dar was the chief of Pakistan Board of Investment in early 1990s during the Sharif's first ministry and has served as a member of the federal cabinet, in various positions, since 1997. During the Sharif's second ministry, he held the cabinet portfolios of Commerce Minister of Pakistan with the additional portfolio of Finance Minister of Pakistan. He briefly served as the Finance Minister of Pakistan for the second time during the Gillani ministry. In June 2013, during the third Sharif ministry, Dar was appointed as the Finance Minister of Pakistan for the third time where he served until the dissolution of the cabinet of Nawaz Sharif following his resignation as Prime Minister in July 2017. In August 2017, he was made Minister for Finance for the fourth time in the cabinet of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

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