Education
Institute of Business Administration, Karachi. University of Karachi.
entrepreneur politician President of Pakistan
Institute of Business Administration, Karachi. University of Karachi.
Hussain briefly served as Governor of Sindh in 1999. His stint as Governor was cut short by the military coup d"état staged in 1999. After the PML(North) secured majority in general elections held in 2013, Hussain was nominated and elected as President of Pakistan on 30 July 2013.
During the indirect presidential elections held in 2013, Hussain received 432 votes from the Electoral College out of 704 votes, during which, his competitor Wajihuddin Ahmed received 77 votes.
Succeeding outgoing president, Asif Zardari, who did not seek reelection, Hussain took over the presidency after an oath administrated by the Chief Justice of Pakistan on 9 September 2013. Mamnoon Hussain hails from an Urdu-speaking family of shoe traders and was born in Agra, Uttar Pradesh during the British rule.
He and his family migrated to Karachi in 1949 after the independence of Pakistan in 1947. After graduating from a local high school, Hussain enrolled in the Karachi University where he studied for the Commerce degree in 1957.
Graduating in Bachelor with honors in Commerce from the Karachi University, he entered in the master"s program at the Institute of Business Administration (International Business Alliance) in Karachi, and gained Master of Business Administration in 1965.
Initially supporting and strengthening his father"s business, he shifted to his own business in textile. Hussain was once president of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In 1993, he officially joined the PML(North) led by Nawaz Sharif and was appointed the Finance Secretary of the PML(North) in Sindh.
In June 1999, he went on to become the Governor of Sindh, but his term was cut short on October 12, 1999 when the PML(North) government was removed.
His credentials as a politician devoted to the cause of democracy were established when he became a political prisoner after raising his voice against the totalitarian regime of the then military dictator. He was sworn in on 9 September 2013 in a ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr, attended by main stream political and military leadership alongside foreign dignitaries, media personnel and his close relatives.
Hussain began take his interest in national politics in 1968 when he joined the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) then-led by Nurul Amin. Initially an activist with a missionary and reformative zeal in 1968, Hussain began joint secretary of the Pakistan Muslim League"s Karachi chapter. Azhar Haroon, current president of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry is quoted to have said: "He had no political affiliation until 1999 but his polite discourse and professional ability impressed Nawaz Sharif, who appointed him as the Governor of Sindh" He is a relatively less known figure, a described as loyal to Nawaz Sharif, and was elected as President of Pakistan as the official nominee of the PML-North in the July 2013 presidential election.