Ahsan Iqbal

Ahsan Iqbal
احسن اقبال
Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 March 2024
President	Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Shehbaz Sharif
Preceded by	Sami Saeed (caretaker)
In office 19 April 2022 – 10 August 2023
President	Arif Alvi
Prime Minister	Shehbaz Sharif
Preceded by	Asad Umar
Succeeded by	Sami Saeed (caretaker)
In office 16 September 2017 – 31 May 2018
President	Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Shamshad Akhtar
In office 7 June 2013 – 28 July 2017
President	Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by	Naveed Qamar
Succeeded by	Himself
Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan
In office 8 June 2013 – 28 July 2017
Preceded by	Dr. Nadeem Ul Haque
Succeeded by	Sartaj Aziz
Minister for Education
In office 31 March 2008 – 13 May 2008
Preceded by	Javed Ashraf Qazi
Minister for Minorities
In office 31 March 2008 – 13 May 2008
Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan
In office 13 August 1998 – 12 October 1999
Preceded by	Hafeez Pasha
Succeeded by	Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhry
35th Minister for Interior
In office 4 August 2017 – 31 May 2018
President	Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Preceded by	Nisar Ali Khan
Succeeded by	Muhammad Azam Khan (caretaker)
Personal details
Born	(1959-03-28) 28 March 1959 (age 65)[1] Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan
Political party	PMLN (1993-present)
Relatives	Chaudhry Abdul Rehman Khan (maternal grandfather) Nisar Fatima (mother) Ahmad Iqbal Chaudhary (son)
Alma mater	University of Engineering and Technology Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary (Urdu: احسن اقبال چوہدری; born 28 March 1959) is a Pakistani politician currently holding the position of Federal Minister of Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives and Inter Provincial Coordination. He is also the Secretary General of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 29 February 2024.

Previously, Chaudhary served as a member of the National Assembly during various terms: from August 2018 to August 2023, from 2008 to May 2018, and from 1993 to 1999.

He held ministerial positions in several cabinets. He served as the Federal Minister for Planning and Development from 19 April 2022 to 10 August 2023 in the PDM government. From 2017 to May 2018, he served as both the Minister for Interior and Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms in the Abbasi cabinet. In the third Sharif's ministry, he held the positions of the Minister of Planning and Development of Pakistan and the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of Pakistan and briefly served as the Minister of Minorities and Minister of Education of Pakistan in the Gillani ministry in 2008. He also assumed the role of the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan from 1998 to 1999 during the Sharif's second ministry. Moreover, he served as federal minister for planning and development from 19 April 2022 to 10 August 2023.