Chaudhry Amir Hussain

Chaudhry Amir Hussain is a Pakistani politician. He was the 17th Speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan, serving from 2002 to 2008.[1]

Honorable Chaudhry Amir Hussain
17th Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 19 September 2002 – 19 March 2008
Deputy	Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan
Preceded by	Elahi Bux Soomro
Succeeded by	Fahmida Mirza
Personal details
Born	(1942-06-22) 22 June 1942 Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir (princely state) (now Jammu and Kashmir, India)
Political party	Pakistan Muslim League (Before 1985) Pakistan Muslim League- Functional (1985–1988) Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (1988–2002) Pakistan Muslim League- Quaid (2002–present)
Alma mater	University of the Punjab

Chaudhry Amir Hussain was born in Jammu, to a Gujjar family. His family migrated to Sialkot in 1947. He did M.A 'LLB from University of the Punjab & enrolled as an advocate. He is now advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan. He started his parliamentary politics in 1985 when he was elected Member National Assembly of Pakistan. He represented his constituency for five terms. He remained Federal Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary affairs. He also served as a Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2008.[2][3]

On October 2, 2007, 85 Pakistani opposition lawmakers resigned from the country's parliament to derail President Pervez Musharraf's re-election bid. The Parliament was to elect the new president before October 15. National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain stated that the resignations would not affect the presidential election.[4]

Hussain was defeated in the February 2008 parliamentary election.[5]