Syed Ehsan Shah
Pakistani politician
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Syed Ehsan Shah is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Balochistan from August 2018 till August 2023.[4]
Political career
Shah served a member of the Senate of Pakistan from 1991 to 1997.[1][3]
He was elected as MPA of Balochistan Assembly from constituency PB-37 (Kech-I) as a candidate of Balochistan National Party in the 1997 Pakistani general elections.[5] Later, he served as provincial Finance Minister from 1997 to 1998 in the cabinet of then Chief Minister Akhtar Mengal.
He was re-elected as MPA of Balochistan Assembly from constituency PB-48 (Kech-I) as a candidate of National Alliance in the 2002 Pakistani general elections.[6] He again served as Finance Minister of Balochistan from 2002 to 2007 under the chief ministership of Jam Mohammad Yousaf.[7][8]
He was re-elected as MPA of Balochistan Assembly from constituency PB-48 (Kech-I) as a candidate of Balochistan National Party (Awami) in the 2008 Pakistani general elections.[9] Later, he was also nominated as a candidate of Chief Minister of Balochistan by Balochistan National Party (Awami) but was unsuccessful in its election.[10]
He ran for seat of the Balochistan Assembly from constituency PB-48 (Kech-I) as a candidate of Balochistan National Party (Awami) in the 2013 Pakistani general elections but was unsuccessful. He received 4149 votes and lost the seat against National Party's Abdul Malik Baloch.[11]
He was again re-elected to Provincial Assembly of Balochistan from constituency PB-46 (Kech-II) as a candidate of Balochistan National Party (Awami) in the 2018 Pakistani general elections.[12]
In February 2019, after owing some political differences with BNP (A)'s central leadership, he later launched his own political party named as Pakistan National Party (Awami).[13]
In November 2021, he was inducted into the cabinet of Government of Balochistan as Provincial Minister for Health.[14]