Ishaq Dar
Muhammad Ishaq Dar (Urdu: محمد اسحاق ڈار; born 23 May 1950) is a senior Pakistani politician. He was finance minister four times. He is currently a senator of Pakistan.
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محمد اسحاق ڈار | |
Dar in 2009 | |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 28 September 2022 – 10 August 2023 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Shahbaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Miftah Ismail |
| In office 7 June 2013 – 22 November 2017 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
| Preceded by | Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Rana Afzal Khan |
| In office 31 March 2008 – 13 May 2008 | |
| President | Pervez Musharraf |
| Prime Minister | Yusuf Raza Gillani |
| Preceded by | Salman Shah |
| Succeeded by | Naveed Qamar |
| In office 7 November 1998 – 12 October 1999 | |
| President | Wasim Sajjad (Acting) Muhammad Rafiq Tarar |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Sartaj Aziz |
| Succeeded by | Shaukat Aziz |
| Leader of the House for the Senate | |
| Assumed office 30 September 2022 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Azam Nazeer Tarar |
| Member of the Senate | |
| Assumed office 28 September 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Nasirul Mulk (Acting) Imran Khan Shehbaz Sharif |
| Constituency | Punjab |
| In office March 2012 – March 2018 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani Raja Pervez Ashraf Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (Acting) Nawaz Sharif Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
| Constituency | Punjab |
| In office March 2006 – March 2012 | |
| President | Pervez Musharraf Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Shaukat Aziz Muhammad Mian Soomro (Acting) Yusuf Raza Gillani |
| Constituency | Punjab |
| In office March 2003 – March 2006 | |
| President | Pervez Musharraf |
| Prime Minister | Zafarullah Khan Jamali Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain Shaukat Aziz |
| Constituency | Punjab |
| Leader of the Opposition in the Senate | |
| In office 14 March 2012 – 4 June 2013 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Abdul Ghafoor Haideri |
| Succeeded by | Aitzaz Ahsan |
| Federal Minister for Commerce | |
| In office 25 December 1997 – 12 October 1999 | |
| President | Farooq Leghari Wasim Sajjad (Acting) Muhammad Rafiq Tarar |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Mukhtar |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Razak Dawood |
| Federal Minister for Industries and Investment | |
| In office 25 February 1997 – 11 July 1997 | |
| President | Farooq Leghari |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Sadiq N. K. Awan |
| Succeeded by | Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 May 1950 Lahore, Pakistan |
| Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (N) (2008-present) |
| Spouse | Tabassum Ishaq |
| Relations | Spouse |
| Education | Hailey College of Commerce (B.Com.); ICAEW (Fellow Chartered Accountant) |
| Awards | Nishan-e-L |
| Signature | |
Dar was born in 1950 in Lahore. He attended the Hailey College of Commerce, Government College University, and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He began his career as a chartered accountant in the public and private sector. He entered politics in the 1980s. He was elected to the senate in 2003 and was Leader of the Opposition from 2012 to 2013. He has served as federal minister for commerce; industries and investment; and finance and revenue.
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