Mamnoon Hussain is Pakistan's new President

July 31, 2013

Mamnoon Hussain, the candidate of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has been elected as the 12^th President of Pakistan. Members of the national Parliament and provincial assemblies in Pakistan voted for the country’s new President.

Hussain, born in Agra, India, is also a textile businessman. He also tenured as the Governor of Sindh for a very short period when his appointment was dismissed by a military coup d’état in 1999. He will take over the President office on September 8, 2013 succeeding Asif Ali Zardari who did not seek re-election and is retiring.

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