Faisal Amin Khan Gandapur

Sardar Faisal Amin Khan Gandapur is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from October 2018 to January 2023. He served as the Provincial Minister of for Local Government, Elections, and Rural Development from November 2021. He is son of Major Retd. Aminullah Khan Gandapur, the former Minister for Revenue, Excise and Taxation. He is elder brother of Ali Amin Gandapur, the former Federal Minister for Gilgit-Balitistan and Kashmir Affairs and younger brother of Umar Amin Khan Gandapur, the former Tehsil Nazim Dera Ismail Khan.

Sardar Faisal Amin Khan Gandapur
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
22 October 2018 – 18 January 2023
ConstituencyPK-97 (Dera Ismail Khan-III)
Provincial Minister for Local Government, Elections and Rural Development
In office
29 November 2021 – 18 January 2023
GovernorShah Farman
Haji Ghulam Ali
Chief MinisterMahmood Khan
Personal details
Born20 December
Dera Ismail Khan
NationalityPakistani, French
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
RelationsAli Amin Gandapur (brother)[1]
Umar Amin Khan Gandapur (Brother)
Aminullah Khan Gandapur (Father)

Political career

Gandapur was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from the constituency PK-97 in 2018 Pakistani by-elections held on 14 October 2018. He defeated Farhan Afzal Malik of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). Gandapur garnered 18,170 votes while his closest rival, the combined opposition candidate Farhan Dhap Advocate of PPP secured only 7,609 votes.[2] He is presently Minister for Local Bodies, Elections and Rural Development in KPK Cabinet.

References
  1. "Relatives of three PTI heavyweights eyeing by-poll tickets in KP - Daily Times". dailytimes.com.pk. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. "By-Election 2018: PTI, PML-N win four NA seats each". geo.tv. Retrieved 15 October 2018.


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