Mufti Mehmood

Mehmood-ur-Rehman
Mahmud (left) pictured with President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh
8th Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province
In office
1 March 1972 – 15 February 1973
Governor
Preceded bySardar Bahadur Khan
Succeeded byInayatullah Khan Gandapur
General Secretary of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
In office
1968–1980
Preceded byMaulana Ghulam Ghaus Hazarvi
Succeeded byMaulana Fazl-ur-Rehman (later elected as the President)
President of Wafaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan
In office
15 May 1978 – 14 October 1980
Preceded byMuhammad Yousuf Banuri
Succeeded byMuhammad Idrees Mirti
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
26 March 1977 – 5 July 1977
ConstituencyNA-18 (D.I. Khan)
In office
14 April 1972 – 10 January 1977
ConstituencyNW-13 (D.I. Khan)
In office
8 June 1962 – 7 June 1965
ConstituencyNW-6 (D.I. Khan-I)
Muhtamim of Jamia Qasim-ul-Uloom
In office
1974–1980
Preceded byMaulana Muhammad Shafi Multani
Succeeded byMaulana Faiz Ahmed
Personal details
Born9 June 1919 (6 Rabi Us Sani 1337)
Panyala, NWFP, British India (now KPK, Pakistan)
Died14 October 1980(1980-10-14) (aged 61)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Resting placeAbdul Khel, DI Khan, KPK
PartyJamiat Ulema-e-Islam
Children
Alma materMadrasa Shahi, Moradabad
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Scholar
  • Teacher
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Mufti Mehmood-ur-Rehman (Urdu: مفتی محمود الرحمان; 1919–1980) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and statesman who was one of the founding members of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI). He served as the first elected Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and later on as the Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly.

He led the opposition movement Pakistan National Alliance against Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, which eventually led to Bhutto's downfall. He was among the principal architects of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan.