Haider Khan Hoti | |
Native Name Lang: | ps |
Office: | Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Predecessor: | Shams ul Mulk |
Successor: | Tariq Pervez Khan |
Term Start: | 31 March 2008 |
Term End: | 20 March 2013 |
Office1: | Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan |
Term Start1: | 13 August 2018 |
Constituency1: | NA-21 (Mardan-II) |
Term Start2: | 1 June 2013 |
Term End2: | 31 May 2018 |
Constituency2: | NA-9 (Mardan-I) |
Office3: | Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Term End3: | 20 March 2013 |
Term Start3: | 20 March 2008 |
Constituency3: | PK-23 Mardan |
Alma Mater: | Aitchison College Edwardes College Peshawar |
Birth Date: | 5 February 1971 |
Birth Place: | Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
Father: | Azam Khan Hoti |
Relatives: | Asfandyar Wali Khan (maternal uncle) |
Party: | Awami National Party (ANP) |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Term End1: | 10 August 2023 |
Ameer Haider Khan Hoti (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|امیر حیدر خان ہوتی; Pushto; Pashto: امير حېدر خان هوتي) is a Pakistani Pashtun politician who was the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2008 to 2013. During his government, the province was renamed from "North-West Frontier Province" to "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa." Hoti had also been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023 and from June 2013 to May 2018. He is the Senior Vice President of the Awami National Party (ANP).
Hoti was born on 5 February 1971[1] [2] to the former federal minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azam Khan Hoti.[3] Hoti is a nephew of Asfandyar Wali Khan, the president of ANP. He has two sons and one daughter.[4]
He received his education from Aitchison College, and graduated from Edwardes College Peshawar.
Hoti started his political career in 1990.
He ran for the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Mardan constituency in 2002 Pakistani general election,[5] but was unsuccessful.
He was elected for the first time to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from PK-23 Mardan constituency in 2008 Pakistani general election.[6] Following the election, he was elected as the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in March 2008 where he remained until March 2013.[7] He is considered as the youngest and the longest-serving elected chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-9 (Mardan-I) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[8] [9]
In 2014, he was elected as the provincial president of Awami National Party (ANP).[10]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of ANP from Constituency NA-21 (Mardan-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[11] He was also elected to the Provincial Assembly on the same day in the 2018 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election as a candidate of ANP from PK-53 Mardan-VI.[12] However, he chose to retain his National Assembly seat and vacate his Provincial Assembly seat.