Rehman Malik

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Abdul Rahman Malik NI
Malik in 2010
33rd Minister of Interior
In office 25 March 2008 – 16 March 2013
President	Asif Zardari Pervez Musharraf
Prime Minister	Yousaf Gillani Pervez Ashraf
Preceded by	Hamid Nawaz-Khan
Succeeded by	Malik Habib
Additional Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency
In office 23 October 1993 – 10 November 1998
Preceded by	G. Moinuddin
Succeeded by	Iftikhar Ahmad Khan
Pakistani Senator from Sindh
In office March 2009 – July 2012[1]
In office March 2015 – March 2021[2]
Personal details
Born	Abdul Rehman Malik (1951-12-12)12 December 1951 Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan
Died	23 February 2021(2021-02-23) (aged 69) Islamabad, Pakistan
Citizenship	Pakistan (1951–2003; continued from 2013) United Kingdom (2003–2012)
Political party	Pakistan Peoples Party
Alma mater	University of Karachi
Notable award(s)	Nishan-e-Imtiaz (2012)

Abdul Rehman Malik NI (Punjabi, Urdu: رحمان ملک; born 12 December 1951 – 23 February 2021) was a Pakistani politician and a Federal Investigation Agency officer, having served as the Interior Minister from being appointed on 25 March 2008 until 16 March 2013.

Prior to his entry in national politics, Malik had pursued a successful career in the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) as a special agent, eventually becoming the Additional Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency in 1993 until 1996. During his stint as Director, he coordinated successful counter-terrorist operations in the country as well as abroad, including the arrest and extradition of Yousaf Ramzi to the United States in 1995. After being removed from the Directorship, Malik moved to the United Kingdom and began political activity through the PPP platform.

From 2004 until 2007, he served as the chief of security of Benazir Bhutto and became senior official of the central committee of the PPP. After successfully contesting the general elections held in 2008, Malik was appointed adviser and eventually appointed Interior Minister by Prime Minister Yousaf Gillani.^[3][4] In 2013, he lost his ministerial appointment after a Supreme Court's hearing against the dual nationality case, which also influenced his decision of resigning from the Pakistan Senate, also the same year.^[5]