Sami Ullah Chaudhary
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sami Ullah Chaudhary
| image =
| image_upright =
| alt = Sami Ullah Chaudhary
| office = Provincial Minister of Punjab for Food
| term_start = 27 August 2018
| term_end = 6 April 2020
| office1 = Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
| term_start1 = 15 August 2018
| term_end1 = 14 January 2023
| constituency1 = PP-246 (Bahawalpur-II)
| term_start2 = 1997
| term_end2 = 1999
| constituency2 = PP-222 (Bahawalpur-V)
| nationality = Pakistani
| party = PTI (2018-present)
|otherparty = PMLN (1997-1999)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|10|21}}
| birth_place = Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
}}
Sami Ullah Chaudhary ({{Langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|سمیع اللہ چوہدری}}}}) is a Pakistani politician who was the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Food, in office from 27 August 2018 till 6 April 2020. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously he was member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 1997 to 1999.
Early life and education
He was born on 21 October 1968 in Arain family in Bahawalpur, Pakistan.{{cite web |title=Profile |url=https://www.pap.gov.pk/uploads/previous_members/1997-2001/dist32.htm#pp222 |publisher=Punjab Assembly |accessdate=3 September 2018}}
He received a degree of Bachelor of Commerce from Commerce College, Bahawalpur in 1989.
Political career
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from PP-222 (Bahawalpur-V) in the 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 29,005 votes and Malik Habibullah Bhutta, a candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).{{cite web |title=Punjab Assembly election results 1997-99 |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Punjab.pdf |publisher=ECP |accessdate=3 September 2018 |archive-date=30 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830191836/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Punjab.pdf |url-status=dead }}
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from PP-246 (Bahawalpur-II) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election.{{cite news |title=Sami Ullah Chauhdary of PTI wins PP-246 election |url=https://www.app.com.pk/sami-ullah-chauhdary-of-pti-wins-pp-246-election/ |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=Associated Press Of Pakistan |date=26 July 2018}}
On 27 August 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for food.{{cite news |last1=Malik |first1=Mansoor |title=Punjab cabinet sworn in: Only 15 out of 23 ministers given portfolios |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1429375/punjab-cabinet-sworn-in-only-15-out-of-23-ministers-given-portfolios |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=28 August 2018}}
On 6 April 2020 he resigned as the Food Minister of Punjab following the FIA reports on sugar and flour crisis suggesting that the Punjab Food Ministry was inefficient in handling the crisis.
He is running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-254 Bahawalpur-X as a candidate of the PTI in the 2024 Punjab provincial election.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-19 |title=List of PTI Candidates for Provincial Elections In Punjab {{!}} 2023 |url=https://www.insaf.pk/news/list-pti-candidates-provincial-elections-2023 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |language=en}}
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Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab)
Category:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf politicians
Category:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Punjab)
Category:Provincial ministers of Punjab
Category:Punjab MPAs 1997–1999
Category:Punjab MPAs 2018–2023
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