List of foreign politicians of Pakistani origin

This list contains articles about political officeholders outside of Pakistan, who are of Pakistani origin.

Australia

• Mehreen Faruqi, member of the Australian Senate for Greens, and former MP in the New South Wales Legislative Council. ^{[1] [2]}
• Irfan Yusuf, former Liberal Party politician

Central African Republic

• Saif Durbar, Deputy Foreign Minister of Central African Republic ^[3]

Canada

• Shafqat Ali, Liberal MP for Brampton—Chinguacousy Park
• Salma Ataullahjan, Conservative Senator for Ontario.
• Wajid Khan, former Liberal, later Conservative, MP for Mississauga—Streetsville
• Iqra Khalid, Liberal MP for Mississauga—Erin Mills
• Yasir Naqvi, Liberal MP for Ottawa Centre
• Aslam Rana, Liberal MP for Hamilton Centre
• Salma Zahid, Liberal MP for Scarborough Centre—Don Valley East
• Sameer Zuberi, Liberal MP for Pierrefonds—Dollard

Denmark

• Nadeem Farooq, member of the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party. ^{[4] [5]}
• Kamal Qureshi, member of the Folketing for the Socialist People's Party.
• Abbas Razvi, member of the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party. ^{[6] [5]}
• Sikandar Siddique, member of the Folketing for The Alternative. ^[5]

Indonesia

• Nur Indah Cintra Sukma Munsyi, member of the Regional Representative Council from East Java. ^[7]

Malaysia

• Musa Aman, Chief Minister of Sabah and member of UMNO. ^[8]
• Yamani Hafez Musa, member of the Malaysian Parliament and Deputy Minister of Finance.
• Harris Salleh, Chief Minister of Sabah and member of BERJAYA. ^[8]

Mozambique

• Abdul Magid Osman, Minister of Economy and Finance of Mozambique (1986–1991) and a member of FRELIMO. ^{[9] [10]}

Netherlands

• Fahid Minhas, member of the House of Representatives for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.
• Mariëlle Paul, member of the House of Representatives for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.

New Zealand

• Ashraf Choudhary, member of the New Zealand Parliament for the Labour Party. ^[11]

Norway

• Akhtar Chaudhry, former member and Fourth Vice President of the Storting for the Socialist Left Party.
• Lubna Jaffery, member of the Storting for the Labour Party.
• Mudassar Kapur, member of the Storting for the Conservative Party.
• Afshan Rafiq, member of the Storting for the Conservative Party.
• Abid Raja, member and former Fifth Vice President of the Storting for the Liberal Party, and Minister of Culture (2020–21).
• Hadia Tajik, member of the Storting for the Labour Party, Minister of Culture (2012–13), and Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion (2021–22).
• Shahbaz Tariq, member of the Storting for the Labour Party.

Singapore

• Raeesah Khan, member of the Parliament of Singapore for the Workers' Party. ^[12]

Thailand

• Swab Phaoprathan, member of the House of Representatives for the Bhumjaithai Party. ^{[13] [14]}
• Chada Thaiseth, member of the Thai parliament. ^[15]
• Mananya Thaiseth, Deputy Agriculture Minister of Thailand. ^[16]

United Kingdom

• Imran Ahmad Khan, former Conservative Party MP for Wakefield.
• Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, member of the Alba Party, former Scottish National Party MP for Ochil and South Perthshire.
• Zubir Ahmed, Labour MP for Glasgow South West.
• Tahir Ali, Labour MP for Birmingham Hall Green.
• Rosena Allin-Khan, Labour MP for Tooting.
• Adnan Hussain, Independent Alliance MP for Blackburn.
• Imran Hussain, Labour MP for Bradford East
• Sajid Javid, former Conservative MP for Bromsgrove.
• Ayoub Khan, Independent Alliance MP for Birmingham Perry Bar.
• Afzal Khan, Labour MP for Manchester Gorton
• Sadiq Khan, former Labour MP for Tooting and incumbent Mayor of London.
• Khalid Mahmood, former Labour Party MP for Birmingham Perry Bar.
• Shabana Mahmood, Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood.
• Anas Sarwar, Labour regional MSP for Glasgow.
• Mohammed Sarwar, former Labour MP for Glasgow Central.
• Zarah Sultana, Independent Alliance MP for Coventry South.
• Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi, cross bench member of the House of Lords, formerly Conservative.
• Humza Yousaf, Scottish National Party MSP for Glasgow Pollok, former First Minister of Scotland.

United States

• Saqib Ali, member of the Maryland House of Delegates for the Democratic Party.

References

1. "Dr Mehreen Faruqi, MLC". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
2. "Pakistan-born first Muslim female to enter Australian state parliament". The Express Tribune. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
3. "End of the line for Durbar".
4. "Nadeem Farooq". Folketing. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
5. "Political Consultations Forum constituted to enhance ties with Denmark". Pakistan Observer. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
6. "Abbas Razvi". Folketing. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
7. "Fakta-Fakta Menarik Emilia Contessa, Penyanyi Top Era 1970-an Terjun ke Politik". iNews (in Indonesian). 27 August 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2022. Punya darah Pakistan: Emilia Contessa merupakan putri sulung dari tiga anak dari Hasan Ali yang berdarah Pakistan-Madura dan RA Susiani keturunan Jawa-Banyuwangi. Dia adalah ibu dari pemeran dan penyanyi Indonesia, Denada Elizabeth Anggia Ayu Tambunan.
8. Trixie M. Tangit (November 2017). "Ethnic Labels and Identity among Kadazans in Penampang, Sabah (Malaysian Borneo)" (PDF). The Australian National University. p. 53 [65/241]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020. From 1976-1986, BERJAYA was the ruling party under the leadership of Harris Salleh, a Suluk-Bajau-Pakistani leader... From 2005 until 2018, a Muslim Bumiputera, Musa Aman, a Dusun-Pakistani leader, has held the position of Sabah chief minister.
9. Abbas, Nazar (10 January 2014). "Pakistanis who have never seen Pakistan". The Friday Times. Retrieved 19 November 2022. Amongst them were parents of the Finance Minister Mr Abdul Majeed, himself a Mozambican national. The minister's father came to my office more than once to get his and his wife's passport's renewed. It sounds odd and unusual but it was interesting that we in the Embassy of Pakistan had to communicate with Pakistanis through a Portuguese-English interpreter.
10. Allen, Nafeesah (November 2022). Indo-Mozambicans in Maputo, 1947-1992: Oral Narratives on Identity and Migration. Springer Nature. p. 91. ISBN   978-3-031-08826-1. Abbas noted, "In my time, Mozambique's Finance Minister—member of FRELIMO [the ruling party, Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Front for Liberation of Mozambique)]—was Mr. Abdul Majeed. Both his parents carried Pakistan passports.
11. "Choudhary, Ashraf - New Zealand Parliament". www.parliament.nz. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
12. Au-Yong, Rachel; Chuan, Toh Yong (16 July 2017). "Giving back to society: Why Salleh Marican and Farid Khan want to be Singapore's next president". Straits Times. Retrieved 19 November 2022. Mr Farid is of Pakistani descent, a fact that has led some to question whether he can represent the Malay community... My ethnicity is Pakistani but I am part of the Malay community... His daughter Raeesah Khan, 23, works in non-profit organisation Reyna Movement
13. "Pakistani-origin man becomes Thai MP". DAWN.COM. January 28, 2020.
14. "Thai parliamentarian cherishes his roots in small Pakistani town". Arab News PK. February 12, 2020.
15. Charuvastra, Teeranai (25 October 2019). "Come Visit for Buddhism and Snow, Pakistani Amb. Invites Thai Tourists". Khaosod.
16. Boonlert, Thana (23 March 2020). "Pakistanis celebrate heritage". Bangkok Post.