Maryam Nawaz

Maryam Nawaz
مریم نواز
Sharif in 2019
19th Chief Minister of Punjab
Assumed office
26 February 2024
GovernorBaligh Ur Rehman
Sardar Saleem Haider Khan
Preceded byMohsin Naqvi
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Assumed office
23 February 2024
Preceded byMurad Raas
ConstituencyPP-159 Lahore-XV
Majority2,106 (3.45%)
Vice President of the PML(N)
Assumed office
3 January 2023
Preceded byShahid Khaqan Abbasi
Chairperson of the Prime Minister's Youth Programme
In office
22 November 2013 – 13 November 2014
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byLeila Khan
Personal details
BornMaryam Nawaz Sharif
(1973-10-28) 28 October 1973
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
PartyPML(N) (since 2007)
Spouse
(m. 1992)
Children3
Parent(s)Nawaz Sharif (father)
Kalsoom Nawaz (mother)
RelativesSharif family
Alma materUniversity of the Punjab
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Maryam Nawaz Sharif (born 28 October 1973) is a Pakistani politician who has served as the 19th chief minister of Punjab since 26 February 2024. She is the first woman to hold the position of chief minister in Pakistan.

Born to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Lahore, Punjab in 1973, she began her political career in 2012 when she took charge of the PMLN's election campaign for the 2013 Pakistani general election. Following the election, she was appointed the chairperson of the Prime Minister's Youth Programme in 2013. In 2014, she resigned from the position after her appointment was challenged in the Lahore High Court. After her election to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in the 2024 Pakistani general election, Maryam was appointed chief minister of Punjab.

She is a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab, elected from Lahore since February 2024.