Fawad Chaudhry | |
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Minister for Information and Broadcasting | |
In office 14 April 2021 – 10 April 2022 | |
Deputy | Farrukh Habib (State Minister) |
Preceded by | Shibli Faraz |
Succeeded by | Marriyum Aurangzeb |
In office 20 August 2018 – 18 April 2019 | |
President | Arif Alvi |
Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
Preceded by | Maryam Aurangzeb |
Succeeded by | Firdous Ashiq Awan as Special Assistant |
Minister for Science and Technology | |
In office 18 April 2019 – 14 April 2021 | |
President | Arif Alvi |
Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
Preceded by | Azam Swati |
Succeeded by | Shibli Faraz |
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Information and Political Affairs | |
In office April 2012 – April 2013 | |
President | Asif Ali Zardari |
Prime Minister | Yusuf Raza Gillani |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 13 August 2018 – 17 January 2023 | |
Preceded by | Nawabzada Raja Matloob Mehdi |
Constituency | NA-67 (Jhelum-II) |
Majority | 10,607 |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Relatives | Chaudhry Mohammad Awais (grandfather) Chaudhry Altaf Hussain (uncle)[1] Chaudhry Iftikhar Hussain (uncle)[1] Chaudhry Shahbaz Hussain (uncle)[1] Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf (cousin) |
Fawad Ahmed Hussain Chaudhry (Urdu: فواداحمد حسین چوہدری) is a Pakistani politician who served as federal minister for Information and Broadcasting, in office since 14 April 2021 to 10 April 2022.[2] On 24 May 2023 announced he is taking "break" from politics.
Previously, he held the office of federal minister for Science and Technology from 19 April 2019 to 16 April 2021. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. He was a member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's core committee from 4 June 2019 till 24 May 2023.
Previously, he has also served in the federal cabinet of prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf as special assistant for Information and Political Affairs respectively, between April 2012 and March 2013.