Shaukat Manzoor Cheema
Pakistani politician (1954–2020)
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Shaukat Manzoor Cheema (Urdu: شوکت منظور چیمہ, 15 January 1954 – 3 June 2020) was a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 2008 to May 2020.
Shaukat Manzoor Cheema | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
| In office 15 August 2018 – 3 June 2020 | |
| In office 2008 – 31 May 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 January 1954 |
| Died | 3 June 2020 (aged 66) |
| Party | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
Early life and education
Cheema was born on 15 January 1954 in Wazirabad.[1]
He graduated in 2005 from the University of the Punjab and held a Bachelor of Arts degree.[1]
Political career
Cheema was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-104 (Gujranwala-XIV) in the 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 41,217 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party.[2]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-104 (Gujranwala-XIV) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[3][4]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-51 (Gujranwala-I) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[5]
Death
Cheema died on 3 June 2020, after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan. He had been under treatment at a hospital in Lahore, and was reportedly on ventilator support.[6]
