Muhammad Mian Soomro

Muhammad Mian Soomro
Muhammad Mian Soomro
محمد میاں سومرو
	Soomro in 2016
Minister of Privatisation
	In office; 5 October 2018 – 10 April 2022
President	Arif Alvi
Prime Minister	Imran Khan
Preceded by	Shamshad Akhtar (caretaker)
Acting President of Pakistan
	In office; 18 August 2008 – 9 September 2008
Prime Minister	Yusuf Raza Gillani
Preceded by	Pervez Musharraf
Succeeded by	Asif Ali Zardari
Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan
	In office; 16 November 2007 – 24 March 2008
President	Pervez Musharraf
Preceded by	Shaukat Aziz
Succeeded by	Yusuf Raza Gillani
4th Chairman of the Senate
	In office; 9 September 2008 – 11 March 2009
Preceded by	Jan Mohammad Jamali (Acting)
Succeeded by	Farooq Naek
	In office; 25 March 2008 – 18 August 2008
Preceded by	Jan Mohammad Jamali (Acting)
Succeeded by	Jan Mohammad Jamali (Acting)
	In office; 23 March 2003 – 16 November 2007
Preceded by	Wasim Sajjad
Succeeded by	Jan Mohammad Jamali (Acting)
26th Governor of Sindh
	In office; 25 May 2000 – 26 December 2002
Preceded by	Azim Daudpota
Succeeded by	Ishratul Ibad
Personal details
Born	19 August 1950 (age 73); Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Parent	Ahmed Mian Soomro (father);
Alma mater	Forman Christian College; Sadiq Public School

Muhammad Mian Soomro (Sindhi: محمد ميان سومرو‎; Urdu: محمد میاں سومرو; born 19 August 1950) is a Pakistani politician, banker and senator who has also served as the federal minister for Privatization. Born to a Native Sindhi family originally linked to the Soomra dynasty, he previously served as the chairman of the Senate from 2003 to 2009, the Caretaker prime minister of Pakistan from 2007 to 2008, and the acting president of Pakistan from 18 August 2008 to 9 September 2008.

Soomro hails from an influential Sindhi feudal family that has been active in national politics since 1923. His father, the late Ahmed Mian Soomro, was Deputy Speaker of the West Pakistan Assembly and a member of the Senate and helped to establish the Senate Committee Systems. He is the grandson of another politician, Khan Bahadur Haji Moula Bux Soomro. He was Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan from 16 November 2007 to 25 March 2008 to oversee the 2008 General Elections and became the 5th Acting President of Pakistan upon the resignation of Pervez Musharraf on 18 August 2008, both by virtue of his office of the Chairman of the Senate.