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Rana Tanveer Hussain (Urdu: رانا تنوير حسين; born 1 October 1945) is a Pakistani politician who is current serving as Minister for National Food Security and Research and also serving as Minister of Industries and Production since 11 March 2024 and serving as Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 29 February 2024. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. He was a member of the National Assembly between 1985 and AGugust 2023.

He is serving as Federal Minister for Industries and Production and National Food Security and Research since March 2024.

He served as Minister for Defence Production and Minister for Science and Technology, in Abbasi cabinet from 2017 to 2018. He served as the Minister for Defence Production and the Minister for Science and Technology in the Third Sharif ministry. A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N), Hussain briefly held the cabinet portfolio of Minister for Defence Production during the Gillani ministry in 2008.

He has served as Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Finance, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Finance from 1997 to 1999 as well Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister.

Early life and education

He was born into a Punjabi Rajput family on 1 October 1949 in Sheikhupura, Punjab.

He is brother of Rana Afzaal Hussain as well the late Rai Mansab Ali Khan and his daughter Shizra Mansab Ali Khan, both involved in the local politics of Nankana Sahib.

He hold degree of M.A. in Economics and LLB from the Punjab University, Lahore.

Political career

Hussain started his political career in 1983 when he became district member of the council in Sheikhupura. He was elected as member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time in 1985 Pakistani general election as an independent candidate. He later joined Pakistan Muslim League. In 1990 Pakistani general elections, he was re-elected as member of the National Assembly for the second time.

In 1993 Pakistani general elections, he lost the seat of the National Assembly. In 1997 Pakistani general elections, he was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly for the third time. From 1997 to 1999, he served as Special Assistant to then Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif on Finance.

In 2008 Pakistani general elections, he was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly for the fourth time from two constituencies NA-131 and NA-132. He vacated NA-131 seat to retain NA-132.

In 2013 Pakistani general elections, he was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly for the fifth time. In June 2013, he was appointed as the Minister for Defence Production. Later he was given the additional portfolio of Minister for Science and Technology.

He had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after Panama Papers case decision. Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi. He was appointed as federal minister for Defence Production for third time. In November 2017, he was give the additional cabinet portfolio of Minister for Science and Technology after which Minister of State for Science and Technology, Mir Dostain Khan Domki stepped down in protest. On 3 May 2018, in a cabinet reshuffle, he ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Defence Production after Usman Ibrahim succeeded him. Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Hussain ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Science and Technology.

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-120 (Sheikhupura-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election.

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from NA-114 Sheikhupura-II in the 2024 Pakistani general election.

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v t e Gillani Cabinet (2008—2012)
Federal Ministers	Yousaf Raza Gillani Shah Mehmood Qureshi Hina Rabbani Khar Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Naveed Qamar Shaukat Tarin Ishaq Dar Rehman Malik Asim Hussain Khawaja Muhammad Asif Ahmad Mukhtar Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi Manzoor Wattoo Makhdoom Shahabuddin Noor-ul-Haq Qadri Rana Tanveer Hussain Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Ghulam Ahmad Bilour Mehtab Abbasi Farooq Naek Babar Awan Ahsan Iqbal Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Khawaja Saad Rafique Nisar Ali Khan Tehmina Daultana
Ministers of State	Abbas Khan Afridi Sardar Salim Haider Khan Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan Raza Hayat Hiraj Sheikh Waqas Akram Malak Azmat Khan Syed Samsam Bukhari Tasneem Ahmed Qureshi Rahela Baloch Shahjahan Yousuf Khawaja Sheraz Mehmood Rana Asif Tauseef Akram Masih Gill Muhammad Moazam Ali Khan Jatoi Imtiaz Safdar Warraich

v t e Third Sharif cabinet (2013–2017)
Federal ministers	Nawaz Sharif Ishaq Dar Khawaja Muhammad Asif Pervaiz Rashid* Nisar Ali Khan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Ahsan Iqbal Khurram Dastgir Khan Rana Tanveer Hussain Khawaja Saad Rafique Ghulam Murtaza Jatoi Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan Kamran Michael Sardar Muhammad Yousuf Abdul Qadir Baloch Pir Sadaruddin Shah Akram Khan Durrani Barjees Tahir Zahid Hamid Sheikh Aftab Ahmed Hasil Bizenjo Riaz Hussain Pirzada Sanaullah Zehri
Advisers	Sartaj Aziz Shujaat Azeem* Amir Muqam
Ministers of State	Usman Ibrahim Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman Tariq Fazal Chaudhry Anusha Rahman Marriyum Aurangzeb Saira Afzal Tarar Jam Kamal Khan Muhammad Amin Ul Hasnat Shah Abid Sher Ali Tariq Fatemi Abdul Hakeem Baloch*

v t e Abbasi Cabinet (2017—2018)
Federal Ministers	Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Ahsan Iqbal Akram Khan Durrani Khurram Dastgir Khan Ghulam Murtaza Jatoi Hafiz Abdul Kareem Hasil Bizenjo Kamran Michael Khawaja Saad Rafique Khawaja Muhammad Asif* Salahuddin Tirmizi Abdul Qadir Baloch Ameer Zaman Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman Barjees Tahir Muhammad Pervaiz Malik Ishaq Dar* Mushahid Ullah Khan Pir Sadaruddin Shah Rana Tanveer Hussain Riaz Hussain Pirzada Saira Afzal Tarar Awais Leghari Sardar Muhammad Yousuf Sheikh Aftab Ahmed Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan Syed Javed Ali Shah Zahid Hamid* Chaudhry Mehmood Bashir Daniyal Aziz Miftah Ismail
Ministers of State	Abid Sher Ali Abdul Rehman Khan Kanju Anusha Rahman Darshan Punshi Ghalib Khan Jam Kamal Khan Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Marriyum Aurangzeb Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha Usman Ibrahim Akram Ansari Muhammad Amin Ul Hasnat Shah Arshad Khan Leghari Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry Muhammad Tallal Chaudry Tariq Fazal Chaudhry Syed Ayaz Ali Shah Sheerazi Mir Dostain Khan Domki Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan Leila Khan Musadik Malik

• Living people
• 1949 births
• People from Sheikhupura District
• Government College University, Lahore alumni
• University of the Punjab alumni
• Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs
• Government ministers of Pakistan
• Pakistani MNAs 1985–1988
• Pakistani MNAs 1990–1993
• Pakistani MNAs 1997–1999
• Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013
• Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018
• Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023
• Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029
• Defence production ministers of Pakistan