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Arif Alvi

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Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi (Urdu: عارف الرحمٰن علوی) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 13th President of Pakistan, in office from 2018 to 2024. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018 and again from August to September 2018. Alvi was a dentist before entering politics in 1979, when he joined JI, but resigned later on from the party and then joined former cricketer Imran Khan's party in 1996 and is amongst the founding members of PTI. Alvi was elected to the National Assembly, from NA-250 Karachi-XII in 2013 and was re-elected in 2018 from NA-247 Karachi South-II. He was later nominated as the PTI's candidate for the presidential election. He was elected as the 13th President of Pakistan after defeating Fazal-ur-Rehman and Aitzaz Ahsan, after which he resigned from the National Assembly and was sworn into office on 9 September 2018, succeeding Mamnoon Hussain. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arif Alvi is the 1,748th most popular politician (up from 6,380th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 27th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Pakistani Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Arif Alvi ranks 1,748 out of 19,576. Before him are Thomas Sankara, Jungjong of Joseon, Herod Archelaus, Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Constantius III. After him are Arghun, Halford Mackinder, Conradin, Alcide De Gasperi, Anna Jagiellon, and Inge I of Norway.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Arif Alvi ranks 38. Before him are Jeff Bridges, Thaksin Shinawatra, Ken Follett, Han Duck-soo, Alla Pugacheva, and Thomas Sankara. After him are George Foreman, Bobby Farrell, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Carlos the Jackal, Michael Houghton, and Hugh David Politzer.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Arif Alvi ranks 17 out of 217. Before him are I. K. Gujral (1919), Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948), Pran (1920), Bacha Khan (1890), Shah Jahan (1592), and Bhagat Singh (1907). After him are Vasubandhu (400), Benazir Bhutto (1953), Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910), Asanga (300), Ustad Ahmad Lahori (1580), and Abdus Salam (1926).

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Among POLITICIANS In Pakistan

Among politicians born in Pakistan, Arif Alvi ranks 9. Before him are Manmohan Singh (1932), Porus (-400), Nawaz Sharif (1949), Shehbaz Sharif (1951), I. K. Gujral (1919), and Shah Jahan (1592). After him are Benazir Bhutto (1953), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928), Yousaf Raza Gillani (1952), Aga Khan III (1877), Zafarullah Khan Jamali (1944), and Asif Ali Zardari (1955).

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