Ahmad Mukhtar

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Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar
Minister for Water and Power
In office 4 June 2012 – 16 March 2013
President	Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Yousaf Raza Gillani
Preceded by	Naveed Qamar
Constituency	NA-105(Gujrat-II)
Defence Minister of Pakistan
In office 31 March 2008 – 3 June 2012
President	Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Yousaf Raza Gillani
Preceded by	Rao Sikandar Iqbal
Succeeded by	Naveed Qamar
Personal details
Born	(1946-06-22)22 June 1946 Lahore, Punjab, British India
Died	25 November 2020(2020-11-25) (aged 74) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Political party	Pakistan Peoples Party
Children	3[1]
Alma mater	Forman Christian College

Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar (Urdu: احمد مختار) (22 June 1946 – 25 November 2020) was a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the Defence Minister of Pakistan in the PM Yousaf Raza Gillani-led cabinet.^[2] He also owned Servis Group and founded Shalimar Hospital.^[3]

He was a central leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party from Gujrat District and he defeated Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain from Gujrat NA-105 in 1993^[4] & 2008,^[5] the leader of PML-Q party, who was allied with President Pervez Musharraf, in Pakistan's 2008 elections.