Chaudhry Amir Hussain

Chaudhry Amir Hussain
Speaker of the National Assembly
In office 19 September 2002 – 19 March 2008
Deputy	Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan
Preceded by	Elahi Bux Soomro
Succeeded by	Fahmida Mirza
Personal details
Born	22 June 1942 Sialkot, British Raj (now Pakistan)
Political party	Pakistan Muslim League (Before 1985) Pakistan Muslim League- Functional (1985–1988) Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (1988–2002) Pakistan Muslim League- Quaid (2002–present)
Alma mater	University of the Punjab

Chaudhry Amir Hussain is a Pakistani politician. He was the 17th Speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan, serving from 2002 to 2008.^[1]

Chaudhry Amir Hussain was born in the city of Sialkot, to a Gujjar family. ^{[2] [3]}

On October 2, 2007, 85 Pakistani opposition lawmakers resigned from the country's parliament to derail President Pervez Musharraf's re-election bid. The Parliament was to elect the new president before October 15. National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain stated that the resignations would not affect the presidential election.^[4]

Hussain was defeated in the February 2008 parliamentary election.^[5]

References

1. https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/misc/pakistan-amir-hussain-191005.htm
2. http://www.dawn.com/news/802603/a-womans-touch-wins-over-a-rural-electorate-2
3. http://tribune.com.pk/story/277124/pti-picks-up-support-from-pml-q-faction/
4. Cnn.com, Mass walkout bid to stop Musharraf
5. Nirupama Subramanian, "Big heads roll in Pakistan poll", The Hindu, February 20, 2008.