Gillani, Yousaf Raza

Gillani, Yousaf Raza

▪ prime minister of Pakistan
Yousaf also spelled  Yusuf  and Gillani also spelled  Gilani 
born June 9, 1952, Karachi, Pak.

      politician who became prime minister of Pakistan in 2008.

      Gillani was born into a prominent family of landowners from the Punjab province, many of whom were involved in politics, including his father, who was a provincial minister during the 1950s. After studying at the University of Punjab (M.A., 1976), Gillani joined the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) in 1978. In 1985 he was elected to the federal parliament, but a conflict with Prime Minister Mohammad Khan Junejo led to his replacement and eventual marginalization within the PML.

      Gillani joined the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) after Pres. Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq (Zia-ul-Haq, Mohammad) dismissed Junejo's government in 1988. The PPP returned to power under Benazir Bhutto (Bhutto, Benazir) following Zia's death in a plane crash later that year. Gillani served as speaker of the National Assembly (1993–97) during Bhutto's second term as prime minister. Bhutto was removed as prime minister in 1996, and in elections the following year the PPP suffered a decisive defeat. Gillani, who remained a senior member of the PPP, was arrested in 2001, on charges of granting illegal government appointments while he was speaker, and served more than four years in prison, though he maintained his innocence.

      In October 2007 Bhutto returned to Pakistan from self-imposed exile to lead the PPP in general elections called for early 2008. In December 2007, however, she was assassinated. Following her death, Bhutto's husband, Asif Ali Zardari (Zardari, Asif Ali), became head of the PPP, which managed to win the most seats in elections held in February 2008. The PPP subsequently negotiated a coalition agreement with Nawaz Sharif (Sharif, Nawaz)'s Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz. With Zardari ineligible to become prime minister, because he had not been elected to parliament, in March the PPP selected Gillani to become prime minister.

      While serving his prison sentence, Gillani wrote Cāh-i Yūsuf se ṣadā (2006; “Reflections from Yusuf's Well”), a memoir and commentary on Pakistani political history.

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