Akbar Bugti

Nawab Akbar Shahbaz Khan Bugti
Bugti in 1970s
6th Chief Minister of Balochistan
In office 4 February 1989 – 6 August 1990
Governor	Muhammad Musa Khan
Chief Minister	Ghulam Khan Korejo
Preceded by	Khuda Bakhsh Marri (acting)
Succeeded by	Taj Muhammad Jamali
4th Governor of Balochistan
In office 15 February 1973 – 22 November 1974
Preceded by	Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo
Succeeded by	Ahmad Yar Ahmedzai
Minister of State for Defence
In office 19 December 1957 – 8 April 1958
President	Iskander Mirza
Prime Minister	Feroz Khan Noon
19th Tumandar of the Bugti Tribe
Preceded by	Nawab Mehrab Khan Bugti
Succeeded by	Nawab Aali Khan Bugti
Leader of Jamhoori Wattan Party
In office 1989–2006
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Talal Akbar Bugti
Personal details
Born	(1926-07-12)12 July 1926 Dera Bugti, Balochistan, British India
Died	26 August 2006(2006-08-26) (aged 80) Kohlu, Balochistan, Pakistan
Political party	Jamhoori Watan Party
Spouse	3 wives
Children	Talal Akbar Bugti Salal Bugti
Relatives	Shahbaz Khan Bugti (grandfather) Brahumdagh Bugti (grandson) Shahzain Bugti (grandson) Gohram Bugti (grandson)
Residence(s)	Dera Bugti, Balochistan
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Tumandar of Bugti Tribe, politician

Nawab Akbar Shahbaz Khan Bugti (Balochi, Urdu: نواب اکبر شہباز خان بُگٹی; 12 July 1926 – 26 August 2006) was a Pakistani politician and the Tumandar (head) of the Bugti tribe of Baloch people who served as the Minister of State for Interior and Governor of Balochistan Province in Pakistan.^[1] He also became minister of state for defence in the cabinet of Feroz Khan Noon. Earlier, he had also served as the Minister of State for Interior.^[2]

He was involved in a struggle, at times armed, for greater autonomy for Balochistan. The government of Pakistan accused him of keeping a private militia and leading a guerrilla war against the state. On 26 August 2006 Bugti was killed when his hide-out cave, located in Kohlu, about 150 miles east of Quetta, collapsed.