Arif Alvi

Arif Alvi
عارف علوی
Official portrait, 2018
13th President of Pakistan
In office 9 September 2018 – 10 March 2024
Prime Minister	Imran Khan Shehbaz Sharif Anwaar ul Haq Kakar Shehbaz Sharif
Preceded by	Mamnoon Hussain
Succeeded by	Asif Ali Zardari
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 13 August 2018 – 6 September 2018
Preceded by	Imran Khan
Succeeded by	Aftab Siddiqui
Constituency	NA-241 Karachi South-III
In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
Preceded by	Khushbakht Shujaat
Succeeded by	Arif Alvi
Constituency	NA-241 Karachi South-III
Personal details
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	PTI (1996–present)
Other political affiliations	JI (1979–1988)
Spouse	Samina Alvi
Children	4
Parent	Habib-ur-Rehman Elahi Alvi (father)
Residence	Karachi
Education	De'Montmorency College of Dentistry (BS) University of Michigan (MS) University of the Pacific (MS)
Occupation	Politician Dentist

Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi^[a] is a Pakistani politician and former dentist who served as the 13th president of Pakistan from 2018 to 2024.^[1] He was a member of the National Assembly from 2013 until being elected president in 2018. Alvi entered politics in 1979 by joining Jamaat-e-Islami, but later resigned and became one of the founding members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.^[2]

Alvi was elected to the National Assembly, from NA-250 Karachi-XII in 2013 and was re-elected in 2018 from NA-247 Karachi South-II. He was later nominated as the PTI's candidate for the presidential election. He was elected as the 13th President of Pakistan after defeating Fazal-ur-Rehman and Aitzaz Ahsan, after which he resigned from the National Assembly and was sworn into office on 9 September 2018, succeeding Mamnoon Hussain.

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