| Omar Sarfraz Cheema | |
| Native Name: | instead.--> |
| Office: | 42nd Governor of Punjab |
| Term Start: | 3 April 2022 |
| Term End: | 10 May 2022 |
| President: | Arif Alvi |
| Primeminister: | Imran Khan Shehbaz Sharif |
| Party: | PTI (1996-present) |
| Predecessor: | Mohammad Sarwar |
| Successor: | Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman |
| Birth Date: | 1969 7, df=yes |
| Birth Name: | Omer Sarfraz Cheema |
| Birth Place: | Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Nationality: | Pakistani |
| Office2: | Advisor to the Chief Minister, Information |
| Termstart2: | 6 August 2022 |
| 2Namedata2: | Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi |
| 2Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
| Office1: | Advisor the Chief Minister, Home and Prisons |
| Termstart1: | 13 October 2022 |
| 1Blankname2: | Governor |
| 1Namedata2: | Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman |
| 1Blankname1: | Governor |
| 1Namedata1: | Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman |
| 2Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 2Namedata1: | Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi |
| Predecessor1: | Muhammad Hashim Dogar(as Minister) |
| Termend2: | 14 January 2023 |
| Termend1: | 14 January 2023 |
Omer Sarfraz Cheema (born 24 July 1969) is a Pakistani politician who has been a founding member of the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf party.
He served as the Governor of Punjab for a little over a month, from 3 April 2022 till 10 May 2022. On recommendation of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif he was removed as Governor and ceased to hold office on 10 May 2024.[1]
Cheema was replaced by Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman on 30 May 2022, with approval from the President of Pakistan.[2]
Cheema was born on July 24, 1969, in Wazirabad, Punjab and belongs to a Jat Family. He has studied at Saint Anthony's School Lahore. He did his graduation from Government College University Lahore.[3]
He has been the founding member of PTI.
On 3 April 2022, Cheema was appointed as the Governor of Punjab by Imran Khan after the removal of Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar.[4] [5]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sent a summary for the removal of the Governor of Punjab to President Arif Alvi,[6] The president approved the summary and Cheema was removed from office on 10 May 2022.[7] [8]
Cheema was inducted into the cabinet of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi as the Punjab Chief Minister's advisor on information on 6 August 2022 and as advisor on Home and Prisons from 13 October 2022. He ceased to hold both offices on 14 January 2023.[9] [10]