Raja Pervez Ashraf

Title & tenure

19th Prime Minister of Pakistan (2012–2013)

In office: 2012 – 2013

Predecessor:

Yousaf Raza Gillani

Successor:

Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, caretaker

Biography

Raja Pervez Ashraf, a Pakistan Peoples Party politician and former Water and Power Minister, was elected Prime Minister in 2012 after Yousaf Raza Gillani's disqualification, completing the final year of the PPP government's term.

Achievements

• Led the PPP-led coalition government to complete its full five-year term in March 2013, the first elected government in Pakistan's history to do so
• Oversaw the peaceful, constitutional handover to a caretaker government ahead of the 2013 general election

Key events

• Elected Prime Minister by the National Assembly in June 2012 following Gillani's disqualification
• Also faced, but was not disqualified over, contempt proceedings related to the same Supreme Court order regarding corruption cases against President Zardari

Legacy

Ashraf is remembered chiefly for steering the government through to the completion of its full term in 2013, a first for an elected government in Pakistan's history.

How it ended

Term ended with the government's completion of its full five-year mandate in March 2013; succeeded by a caretaker government ahead of elections won by Nawaz Sharif's PML(N).