Chaudhry Amir Hussain

Chaudhry Amir Hussain
17th Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office September 19, 2002 – March 19, 2008
President	Pervez Musharraf
Preceded by	Elahi Bux Soomro
Succeeded by	Fahmida Mirza
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Political party	Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
Profession	Lawyer
Religion	Islam

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

Hussain was born in Sialkot, Punjab in a Gujjar family of subcast khatana and was elected as Speaker of the National Assembly on November 19, 2002,^[1] succeeding Elahi Bux Soomro.

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.^[2]

Hussain was defeated in the February 2008 parliamentary election.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Pakistan National Assembly speakers page". http://www.na.gov.pk. http://www.na.gov.pk/Intro_Speaker.htm. 
2. ^ Cnn.com, Mass walkout bid to stop Musharraf
3. ^ Nirupama Subramanian, "Big heads roll in Pakistan poll", The Hindu, February 20, 2008.

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Preceded by Elahi Bux Soomro	Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan 2002 – 2008	Succeeded by Fehmida Mirza

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