Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon | |
Office: | 7th Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan |
Predecessor: | Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan |
President: | Arif Alvi |
Primeminister: | Imran Khan |
Successor: | Syed Mehdi Shah |
Party: | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
Birthname: | Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon |
Birth Date: | 20 May 1971 |
Birth Place: | Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Residence: | Maqpoon Royal PalaceSkardu (Personal) |
Profession: | Politician |
Term Start: | 30 September 2018 |
Term End: | 11 April 2022 |
Native Name Lang: | ur |
Native Name: | راجہ جلال حسین مقپون |
Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon (Urdu: {{nq|راجہ جلال حسین مقپون) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 7th Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan from 2018 to 2022.[1]
He ran for the seat of the Legislative Assembly of Gilgit Baltistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency GBLA-7 in the 2015 Gilgit Baltistan Assembly election, but was unsuccessful.[2] He came in second receiving 3,330 votes and losing the seat to Akbar Khan Taban.[3]
He was appointed the governor of Gilgit-Baltistan by President Arif Alvi on the advice of Prime Minister Imran Khan after the resignation of Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan.[4] [5] On 30 September 2018, he took the oath of office as Governor.[6] On 11 April 2022, he resigned.