Muhammad Junejo

Mohammad Khan Junejo (18 August 193218 March 1993) was a Pakistani politician and statesman who served as the tenth prime minister of Pakistan from 1985 to 1988 under president Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq.

Mohammad Khan Junejo
محمد خان جونیجو
Junejo as the prime minister of Pakistan in 1986
10th Prime Minister of Pakistan
In office
24 March 1985  29 May 1988
PresidentMuhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Preceded byZulfikar Ali Bhutto (1977)
Succeeded byBenazir Bhutto
Minister of Defence
In office
24 March 1985  29 May 1988
Minister of Interior
In office
15 April 1985  21 May 1985
Preceded byLt.Gen F.S. Khan Lodhi
Succeeded byAslam Khan
Minister of Railways
In office
5 July 1978  23 April 1979
Preceded byN. A. Qureshi
Succeeded byMajor-General Jamal Said Khan
In office
1965–1969
PresidentAyub Khan
Preceded byF.M. Khan
Succeeded byAdmiral S.M. Ahsan
Minister of Health, Communications and Labour
In office
1963–1965
President of Pakistan Muslim League
In office
23 March 1985  29 May 1988
Preceded byChaudhry Zahoor Elahi
Succeeded byPir Pagara
Personal details
Born
Mohammad Khan Junejo

(1932-08-18)18 August 1932
Sindhri, Sind Division, Bombay Presidency, British India (Now, Sindh, Pakistan)
Died18 March 1993(1993-03-18) (aged 60)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Cause of deathLeukemia
Resting placeSindhri in Mirpur Khas District, Sindh, Pakistan
Citizenship Pakistan
Political partyPakistan Muslim League
(1962–1988)
Other political
affiliations
Pakistan Muslim League (J)
(1988–93)
SpouseBegum Junejo
ChildrenAsad Junejo (son)
Alma materSt. Patrick's College
Plumpton College, United Kingdom

Junejo was an influential landowner and involved in the agricultural industry. He was educated in Karachi, where he attended the St. Patrick's College, and was trained as an agriculturist at Agricultural Institute, Plumpton College in the United Kingdom. He gained public notice when he joined the Ayub administration and subsequently held cabinet portfolio of railways, health, communications and labour from 1963–69.

After participating in the 1985 elections, he was chosen to form the government on Pakistan Muslim League's platform, of which, he took over the party's presidency. His government was noted for its support of conservatism, austerity measures that reduced the government budget deficit, and repealing of the emergency laws which allowed the freedom of press and media in the country. Despite strong resistance and fierce opposition from President Zia-ul-Haq, Junejo authorized his Foreign Minister Yakob Khan to sign and ratify the Geneva Accords in 1988. His relations with President Zia-ul-Haq further soured when he opened a parliamentary inquiry on the Ojhri Camp disaster in 1988.

On 29 May 1988, Prime Minister Junejo was dismissed by President Zia over charges on incompetence and economic stagflation and immediately called for new general elections. After the general elections held in 1988, he led his own faction while holding ceremonial party's presidency.

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