Nawaz Sharif

**Nawaz Sharif** (, ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani politician and businessmen. He served as the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms from November 1990-July 1993, February 1997-October 1999, and June 2013-July 2017. He is the longest-serving prime minister of Pakistan, having served a total of more than 9 years across three tenures. He was the Chief Minister of Punjab from 1985 to 1990.

Born into the upper-middle-class Sharif family in Lahore, Nawaz is the son of Muhammad Sharif, the founder of Ittefaq and Sharif groups. He is a wealthy businessman and a conservative politician. His first term was shortened after the Pakistan Army pressured him to resign. In 1997, he was overwhelmingly elected for a second term by a wide margin. During his second term, he notably ordered Pakistan's first nuclear test in response to India's aggressive nuclear tests. He was ousted in an October 1999 military coup by Pervez Musharraf. He returned to Pakistan in late 2007 after eight years of exile. He successfully called for Musharraf's impeachment and the reinstatement of former Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chuadhry.

On 28 July 2017, after a direct ruling from the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Sharif resigned as Prime Minister due to his role in the Panama Papers case.

In December 2019, Sharif was diagnosed with heart disease.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Nawaz Sharif
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- **office**: Prime Minister of Pakistan
- **president**: Asif Ali Zardari
Mamnoon Hussain
- **term start**: 5 June 2013
- **term end**: 28 July 2017
- **successor**: Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
- **predecessor**: Mir Hazar Khan Khoso
- **president1**: Rafiq Tarar
Farooq Leghari
Wasim Sajjad
- **term start1**: 17 February 1997
- **term end1**: 12 October 1999
- **predecessor1**: Malik Meraj Khalid <small>(Acting)</small>
- **successor1**: Pervez Musharraf <small>(Chief Executive)</small>
- **president2**: Ghulam Ishaq Khan
- **term start2**: 26 May 1993
- **term end2**: 18 July 1993
- **predecessor2**: Balakh Sher Mazari <small>(Acting)</small>
- **successor2**: Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi <small>(Acting)</small>
- **president3**: Ghulam Ishaq Khan
- **term start3**: 6 November 1990
- **term end3**: 18 April 1993
- **predecessor3**: Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi <small>(Acting)</small>
- **successor3**: Balakh Sher Mazari <small>(Acting)</small>
- **office4**: Defence Minister of Pakistan, Minister of Defence
- **term start4**: 17 February 1997
- **term end4**: 12 October 1999
- **predecessor4**: Shahid Hamid <small>(Acting)</small>
- **successor4**: Pervez Musharraf
- **office5**: Leader of the Opposition (Pakistan), Leader of the Opposition
- **term start5**: 19 October 1993
- **term end5**: 5 November 1996
- **predecessor5**: Benazir Bhutto
- **successor5**: Benazir Bhutto
- **office6**: Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan, Chief Minister of Punjab
- **governor6**: Makhdoom Sajjad Hussain Qureshi
Tikka Khan
- **term start6**: 9 April 1985
- **term end6**: 13 August 1990
- **predecessor6**: Sadiq Hussain Qureshi
- **successor6**: Ghulam Haider Wyne
- **office7**: Pakistan Muslim League (N), President of Pakistan Muslim League (N)
- **term start7**: 1993
- **term end7**: 2002
- **term start8**: 2011
- **term end8**: Incumbent
- **birth place**: Lahore, Dominion of Pakistan, Pakistan
- **party**: Pakistan Muslim League, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)<small>
(1999–present)</small>
- **otherparty**: Pakistan Muslim League<small>
(1976-1999)</small>
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad, Muslim Democratic Alliance<small>
(1988–1990)</small>
- **children**: Hassan Nawaz
Hussain Nawaz
Maryam Nawaz
Asma Nawaz
- **alma mater**: Government College University, Lahore, Government College University
University of the Punjab
- **website**: [http://www.pmln.org/ Official website]