Usman Buzdar

Sardar Usman Buzdar
Buzdar in 2019
17th Chief Minister of Punjab
In office 20 August 2018 – 30 April 2022
Governor	Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar
Deputy	Aleem Khan as Senior Minister of the Punjab
Preceded by	Hasan Askari Rizvi (caretaker)
Succeeded by	Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office 15 August 2018 – 14 January 2023
Constituency	PP-286 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II)
Tehsil Nazim of Tribal Area, Dera Ghazi Khan
In office 2001–2009
Personal details
Born	1 May 1969 (1969-05) (age 55) Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan
Political party	Pakistan Muslim League (Z) (2024-present)
Other political affiliations	PTI (2018-2023) Junoobi Punjab Sooba Mahaz (2017-2018) PMLN (2013-2017) PML-Q (2001-2011)
Parent	Fateh Buzdar (father)
Residence	Lahore

Usman Buzdar (Urdu: عثمان بزدار; born 1 May 1969^[1]) is a Pakistani politician who was Chief Minister of Punjab from 20 August 2018 to 30 April 2022, when he was roundly criticised for alleged incompetence. Buzdar was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023 representing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Belonging from a Baloch family, he is a minor feudal and the Tumandar of the Baloch tribe Buzdar, since April 2019. He served as Tehsil Nazim of Tehsil Tribal Area from 2001 to 2008.