death_date children ethnicity birth_date residence term_end alma_mater death_place order term_start spouse image name caption native_name_lang predecessor birth_place party office successor native_name article_title
4 january 2011 shaan aatish taseer punjabi january 2011 31 may 1944 governor 's house -lrb- lahore -rrb- -lrb- official -rrb- 4 january 2011 chartered accountant , from london islamabad , pakistan 26th 15 may 2008 yasmeen saigol -lrb- former -rrb- salmaan taseer october 29 , 2009 lahore.jpg salmaan taseer salmaan taseer in 2009 ur lt gen khalid maqbool simla , punjab , british india pakistan peoples party governor of punjab , pakistan sardar latif khosa سلمان تاثیر salmaan taseer

salmaan taseer

salmaan taseer -lrb- ; 4 january 2011 -rrb- was a pakistani businessman and politician who served as the 26th governor of the province of punjab from 2008 until his assassination in early 2011 .
a member of the pakistan peoples party -lrb- ppp -rrb- , he had served also as a minister in the caretaker cabinet of prime minister muhammad mian soomro under pervez musharraf .
taseer was also the chairman and ceo of the first capital and worldcall group .
he was appointed to the post of governor on 15 may 2008 , in place of outgoing governor lt gen -lrb- r -rrb- khalid maqbool , by then-president musharraf at the request of the ppp establishment .
on 4 january 2011 , taseer was assassinated in islamabad by his own security guard mumtaz qadri , who disagreed with taseer 's opposition to pakistan 's blasphemy law .
