Muhammad Yaqoob Khan (politician)

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Muhammad Yaqoob Khan

Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan (born 1953) was elected the 22nd president of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan on 25 August 2011. Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan was a business tycoon before a politician he owns a trading company, hotels, towers, housing societies, and overseas business. He owns the YK group of companies.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Early life
* 2 Political career
* 3 As Prime Minister
* 4 As President
* 5 References

## Early life[edit]

Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan was born in 1953 in a village Ali Sojal (Khai Gala) in Rawalakot tehsil, and brother of renowned figure in political and social scenario of Azad Kashmir Haji Muhammad Zaman Khan. He graduated from Karachi University and started his political career with an ethnic political party Punjabi Pakhtoon Ittehad in Karachi. He joined a Azad Kashmiri political party Tahreek-e-Amil and was elected as senior vice President of this party later on. He also had a political affiliation with All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference.[2]

## Political career[edit]

Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan was elected as Member of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly three times and took over ministerial jobs as Minister for Health, Population Welfare & Hydro Electric Board, and Housing & Planning.He is currently MLA from LA 20 Alisojal.[2]

## As Prime Minister[edit]

Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan became the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir on 6 January 2009. After a successful no confidence vote over former premiere Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan.[3][4]

## As President[edit]

He was elected 22nd President of Azad Jammu & Kashmir on 25 August 2011[5][4]

Preceded by

Raja Muhammad Zulqarnain Khan

|  President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
2011 - 2016  | Succeeded by

Masood Khan

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "On the bench: Raja Sadaqat appointed to AJK high court (by president Muhammad Yaqoob Khan)". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 24 March 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
2. ^ a b Muhammad Yaqoob Khan profile on PakistanHerald.com website Retrieved 24 January 2021
3. ^ AJK PM committed to 'mitigating misery' Dawn (newspaper), Published 8 January 2009, Retrieved 24 January 2021
4. ^ a b Tariq Naqash (24 November 2018). "PPP to contest by-polls in Poonch". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 24 January 2021.
5. ^ Yaqoob takes oath as AJK president Dawn (newspaper), Published 25 August 2011, Retrieved 24 January 2021

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Presidents of Azad Kashmir

* Sardar Ibrahim Khan
* Syed Ali Ahmed Shah
* Mirwaiz Yusuf Shah
* Sher Ahmed Khan
* Mirwaiz Yusuf Shah
* Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan
* Sardar Ibrahim Khan
* Khurshid Hasan Khurshid
* Abdul Hamid Khan
* Abdul Rahman Khan
* Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan
* M. I. Khan
* Muhammad Hayat Khan
* Abdul Rahman Khan
* Sahibzada Ishaq Zafar
* Abdul Rashid Abbasi
* Sikandar Hayat Khan
* Abdul Rashid Abbasi
* Muhammad Ibrahim Khan
* Muhammad Anwar Khan
* Raja Muhammad Zulqarnain Khan
* Muhammad Yaqoob Khan
* Masood Khan
* Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry

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Prime Ministers of Azad Kashmir

* Abdul Hamid Khan
* Sikandar Hayat Khan
* Raja Mumtaz Hussain Rathore
* Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan
* Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry
* Sikandar Hayat Khan
* Attique Ahmed Khan
* Muhammad Yaqoob Khan
* Farooq Haider Khan
* Attique Ahmed Khan
* Chaudhry Abdul Majid
* Farooq Haider Khan
* Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi

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