Aamir Mehmood Kiani

Aamir Mehmood Kiani (Urdu: عامر محمود کیانی) is a Pakistani politician who served as Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination, from 20 August 2018 to 18 April 2019. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023.

Aamir Mehmood Kiani
Secretary-General of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party
Assumed office
12 June 2023
PresidentAleem Khan
Preceded byPosition established
Secretary-General of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
In office
19 July 2019 – 25 December 2021
Succeeded byAsad Umar[1]
Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination
In office
20 August 2018 – 18 April 2019
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Arif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded byMuhammad Yusuf Shaikh (caretaker)
Succeeded byZafar Mirza (Special Assistant to Prime Minister for Health)
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 August 2018 – 20 January 2023
ConstituencyNA-61 (Rawalpindi-V)
President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf North Punjab
In office
4 June 2022 – 17 May 2023
ChairmanImran Khan
Preceded bySadaqat Ali Abbasi
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyIstehkam-e-Pakistan Party (2023-present)
Other political
affiliations		Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2018-2023)

Political career

He ran for a seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from NA-56 Rawalpindi-VII in the 2002 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 3,182 votes and lost to Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, an independent candidate.

Ahmad vacated the seat in favour of NA-55 Rawalpindi-VI, another seat he won, and Kiani ran as an independent candidate for the subsequent by-election in NA-56 Rawalpindi-VII, but was again unsuccessful. He received 139 votes and was defeated by Hanif Abbasi, a candidate of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from Constituency NA-61 (Rawalpindi-V) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[2] He received 105,000 votes and defeated Malik Ibrar Ahmed.[3]

On 18 August, Imran Khan formally announced his federal cabinet structure and Kiani was named as Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination.[4] On 20 August 2018, he was sworn in as Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan.[5] On 18 April 2019, in a mega reshuffle, Prime Minister Imran Khan took his post down due to public pressure of medicine price increase.

On 17 May 2023, Kiani announced that he had left the PTI and politics, as he belonged to a military family and couldn't stand Imran Khan's perceived anti-army stance.[6] This came after days of violent crackdown on protesters supporting PTI. Many office-holders of PTI were arrested in violation of court orders. An estimated 50 people had been shot by police and paramilitary forces and thousands had been arrested and detained without charge, including women and children.

References
  1. "PM announces new PTI structure". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 25 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  2. "Amir Mehmood Kiani of PTI wins NA-61 election". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 26 July 2018. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. "NA-61 Result - Election Results 2018 - Rawalpindi 5 - NA-61 Candidates - NA-61 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. "PM Imran Khan finalises names of 21-member cabinet". DAWN.COM. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. "16 ministers from PM Imran Khan's cabinet sworn in". DAWN.COM. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  6. Sani, Tikka (2023-05-17). "PTI loses another wicket, as ex-MNA Aamer Kiani 'jumps ship'". Samaa. Retrieved 2023-05-17.


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