Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain

Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain

Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, leader known in Pakistan (Urdu: چودھری شجاعت حسین) (p. 27 January 1946) is a politician of Pakistan who was prime minister of the country's June 30, 2004 until August 28, 2004. He comes from the Punjab province, Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, where his cousin was prime minister from 2002-2007.

After the government of Nawaz Sharif was overthrown by General Pervez Musharraf, October 12, 1999, several dissident PML-N form a group under the leadership of Mian Muhammad Azhar. Earlier, Chaudhry Shujaat not joined any group, but after the exile Nawaz Sharif for the sake of the restoration, also joined Mian Azhar and democracy form the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) in March 2001. In the general elections of October 2002, Chaudhry Shujaat was elected to the National Assembly. He was also elected unanimously for three consecutive years as president of the PML (Q), which was the party in power in Pakistan from 2006 to 2008.