Please answer the following question: Facts: - party: pakistan peoples party - predecessor: hamid nawaz-khan g. moinuddin - birth date: 12 december 1951 - birthname: abdul rehman malik - viceprimeminister: pervez illahi - blank: notable award -lrb- s -rrb- - caption: malik secretary william hague -lrb- left -rrb- hand shakes -lrb- right -rrb- with british foreign - order: interior investigation agency minister of pakistan director general of the federal - term end: 16 march 2013 10 november 1998 - name: abdul rahman malik - birth place: sialkot , punjab - successor: malik habib iftikhar ahmad khan - data: nishan-e-imtiaz -lrb- 2012 -rrb- - primeminister: pervez illahi - citizenship: -lrb- 1951-2003 ; 2013 -- -rrb- -lrb- 2003-2012 -rrb- - image size: 260px - nationality: pakistani - alma mater: university of karachi - term start: 25 march 2008 23 october 1993 - image: foreign secretary in pakistan -lrb- 4727720266 -rrb- . jpg - religion: islam Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rehman malik .
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abdul rehman malik -lrb- urdu : ; b. 12 december 1951 -rrb- '' ni '' , is a pakistani statesman and retired bureaucrat , having served as the interior minister from being appointed on 25 march 2008 until 16 march 2013 .prior to his entry in national politics , malik had pursued a successful career in the fia as special agent , and eventually becoming director fia in 1993 until 1996 .during his stint as director fia , he coordinated successful counter-terrorist operations in the country as well as abroad , including the arrest and extradition of yousaf ramzi to the united states in 1995 .after being removed from the directorship of fia , malik moved to united kingdom and began the political activity through the ppp platform .from 2004 until 2007 , he served as the chief of security of benazir bhutto and became senior official of the central committee of ppp .after successfully contesting in general elections held in 2008 , malik was appointed adviser and eventually appointed as interior minister by prime minister yousaf gillani .in 2013 , he lost his ministerial appointment after a supreme court 's hearing against the dual nationality case .the case 's decision also influenced his decision of resigning from the pakistan senate , also the same year .