Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Ameer Haider Khan Hoti is the son of former federal minister Azam Khan Hoti. He is the great-grandson of former chief minister Doctor Khan Sahib and his father Azam Khan Hoti remained federal minister twice in the Nawaz Sharif government, while his maternal uncle Asfandyar Wali Khan is the central president of the Alliance for Neighborhood Prosperity.
Aitchison College.
Hoti was the third chief minister from Mardan, the first two being late Lieutenant General Fazle Haq in 1988 and late Mir Afzal Khan in 1990. Hoti married Mehr Dil Khan, granddaughter of founding leader of Khudai Khidmatgar Tehrik and daughter of Alliance for Neighborhood Prosperity leader Sareer Khan. He passed his Secondary and Higher Secondary School examinations from Aitchison College (Lahore) and graduated from Edwardes College (Peshawar) in 1992.
He was also elected joint secretary and then deputy secretary general of the provincial chapter of the Awami National Party.
He was defeated in the 2002 provincial elections and elected for the first time to the provincial assembly of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in 2008 from Public Finance-23 Mardan constituency by getting 11009 votes and was elected as chief minister shortly afterwards. He was unanimously nominated by the Awami National Party (Alliance for Neighborhood Prosperity) legislators for slot of the chief minister of the province, was elected unopposed on March 31 and took oath of his office on April 1, 2008 with coalition of Pakistan Peoples Party.
During his service in office, besides other contributions, his main focus was on education and development and nurturing of three new universities Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Bacha Khan University Charsadda, University of Swabi, University of Swat with more than 10 campuses in the province bespeak of his dedication to education. Also his government for the first time in the history of Pakistan, provided scholarships to send the scholars abroad for higher education and started schemes for students to provide them with free laptops on the basis of merit/finance with famous logo of Naway Sahar (New Beginning).
He started his political career as an organizer in the Awami National Party (Alliance for Neighborhood Prosperity) in Mardan city and later became senior vice-president of the party in the District.
He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and was the 25th Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
