Shah Mahmood Qureshi

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Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi
مخدوم شاہ محمود قریشی
Qureshi in 2011
26th and 36th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 20 August 2018 – 10 April 2022
Prime Minister	Imran Khan
Preceded by	Abdullah Hussain Haroon (Caretaker)
Succeeded by	Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
In office 31 March 2008 – 9 February 2011
Prime Minister	Yusuf Raza Gillani
Preceded by	Inam-ul-Haq (Caretaker)
Succeeded by	Hina Rabbani Khar
Mayor of Multan
In office 28 March 2001[citation needed] – 5 January 2002
Preceded by	Malik Aamir Dogar
Succeeded by	Maj Azam Suleman (Acting)
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
In office 20 December 1994 – 5 November 1996
Prime Minister	Benazir Bhutto
Preceded by	Tanvir ul Hasan Gilani
Succeeded by	Shahid Hamid (Caretaker)
Provincial Minister for Finance of Punjab
In office 1990–1993
Governor	Mian Muhammad Azhar Chaudhry Altaf Hussain
Chief Minister	Ghulam Haider Wyne
In office 1988–1990
Governor	Tikka Khan
Chief Minister	Nawaz Sharif
Provincial Minister of Punjab for Planning and Development
In office 1988–1990
Governor	Tikka Khan
Chief Minister	Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 25 July 2018 – 10 April 2022
Constituency	NA156 Multan-III
In office 2013–2018
Constituency	NA150 Multan-III
In office 2008 – November 2011
Constituency	NA148 Multan-I
In office 2002–2007
Constituency	NA148 Multan-I
In office 1993–1996
Constituency	NA120 Multan-cum-Khanewal
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
In office 1990–1993
Constituency	PP166 Multan
In office 1988–1990
Constituency	PP166 Multan
In office 12 March 1985 – 30 May 1988
Constituency	PP164 Multan
1st Vice chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
In office 3 December 2011 – 13 January 2024
Chairman	Imran Khan Gohar Ali Khan
Preceded by	Position established
Personal details
Born	Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi (1956-06-22) 22 June 1956 (age 67)[1][2] Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Political party	PTI (2011–present)
Other political affiliations	PPP (1993–2011) Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (1988–1993)
Relations	Ashiq Hussain Qureshi (cousin) Zahoor Hussain Qureshi (nephew)
Children	Zain Qureshi
Parent	Sajjad Hussain Qureshi (father)
Alma mater	University of Cambridge Stanford University

Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi (Urdu: مخدوم شاہ محمود حسین قریشی; born 22 June 1956) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 29th Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022. He previously held the post from 2008 to 2011. He had been a member of the National Assembly from August 2018 till January 2023. He is the vice chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party since December 2011.^[3][4] Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to May 2018.

Born in Multan, Punjab, Qureshi studied at Aitchison College and received Bachelor of Arts degree from Forman Christian College and Master of Arts degree from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He remained a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab for nine years from 1985 to 1993 and had served in the provincial cabinet in various positions between 1988 and 1993. He served as the minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the federal cabinet from 1993 to 1996 and later as the Mayor of Multan from 2000 to 2002.