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Saleem Mandviwalla | |
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Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan | |
In office 12 March 2018 –12 March 2021 | |
Chairman | Sadiq Sanjrani |
Preceded by | Abdul Ghafoor Haideri |
Succeeded by | Mirza Muhammad Afridi |
Minister of Finance,Revenue &Economic Affairs | |
In office 19 February 2013 –7 June 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Mir Hazar Khan Khoso |
Preceded by | Abdul Hafeez Shaikh |
Succeeded by | Ishaq Dar |
Member of the Senate of Pakistan | |
Assumed office 8 November 2012 | |
Constituency | Sindh |
Personal details | |
Born | Karachi,Sindh,Pakistan | 25 January 1959
Political party | MQM-H (2025-present) |
Other political affiliations | PPP (2012-2025) |
Relations | Mehmood Mandviwalla (cousin) [1] |
Alma mater | Fort Worth School of Aviation |
Senator Saleem H. Mandviwalla (born 25 January 1959) is a Pakistani politician who served as deputy chairman of the Senate of Pakistan from March 2018 to March 2021. He was previously the president of the Board of Investment [2] and Minister of State for Investment [3] of Pakistan from October 2008 to May 2013. Prior to his appointment,he was the president of the Lasbela Chamber of Commerce &Industry in Lasbela,Balochistan. [4]
Mandviwalla was unanimously elected as chairperson for Senate's Standing Committee on Finance,Revenue,Economic Affairs,Statistics and Privatisation. [5]
Mandviwalla elected Vice Chairman of Senate of Pakistan on March 12,2018,with 54 votes out of total 103 votes cast and defeated Usman Khan Kakar who secured only 44 votes. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Mandviwalla was born on 25 January 1959 in Karachi,to a Dawoodi Bohra family. [10] His parents had migrated from Mandvi,Gujarat after Partition Of India. He graduated from Fort Worth School of Aviation in Texas,USA in 1981 and authorized with a commercial Pilot's license from the United States of America.