13 Facts About Mamnoon Hussain

Mamnoon Hussain was a Pakistani politician and industrialist who served as the 12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018.

Mamnoon Hussain was first appointed Governor of Sindh in June 1999 by President Rafiq Tarar; but was removed from the post in October 1999 due to the 1999 military coup d'etat.

Mamnoon Hussain took over the presidency after an oath administered by the Chief Justice of Pakistan on 9 September 2013.

Mamnoon Hussain maintained a low-key profile as president and his role was rarely seen in the nation's politics, although he was involved in a polio eradication program.

Mamnoon Hussain was born in Agra, British India in 1940 to Ustad Zafar Hussain.

Mamnoon Hussain later joined the center-right Pakistan Muslim League in 1970, working as a party worker.

Mamnoon Hussain began to take interest in national politics in 1968 when he became chairman and joined the Pakistan Muslim League led by Nurul Amin.

Mamnoon Hussain was a relatively lesser-known figure, described as loyal to Nawaz Sharif, and was elected as President of Pakistan as the official nominee of the PML-N in the July 2013 presidential election.

Mamnoon Hussain secured 432 votes and his only rival Wajihuddin Ahmed received 77.

Mamnoon Hussain was sworn in on 9 September 2013 in a ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr, attended by mainstream political and military leadership alongside foreign dignitaries, media personnel and his close relatives.

Mamnoon Hussain was the second President of Pakistan whose family migrated to Pakistan from India after the Partition of India.

On 19 October 2017 while giving a speech at the USTB, Mamnoon Hussain blasted the leadership of his own party saying that the government had taken a loan of 14,800 billion PKR but no new schools or hospitals had been built in the past 4 years.

In February 2020, Mamnoon Hussain was diagnosed with cancer and was under treatment.