Saleem Mandviwalla

Senator Saleem H. Mandviwalla (born 25 January 1959) is a Pakistani politician who served as deputy chairman of the Senate of Pakistan from March 2018 to March 2021. He was previously the president of the Board of Investment^[2] and Minister of State for Investment^[3] of Pakistan from October 2008 to May 2013. Prior to his appointment, he was the president of the Lasbela Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Lasbela, Balochistan.^[4]

Saleem Mandviwalla
Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan
In office 12 March 2018 – 12 March 2021
Chairman	Sadiq Sanjrani
Preceded by	Abdul Ghafoor Haideri
Succeeded by	Mirza Muhammad Afridi
Minister of Finance, Revenue & Economic Affairs
In office 19 February 2013 – 7 June 2013
Prime Minister	Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Mir Hazar Khan Khoso
Preceded by	Abdul Hafeez Shaikh
Succeeded by	Ishaq Dar
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 November 2012
Constituency	Sindh
Personal details
Born	(1959-01-25) 25 January 1959 (age 66) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Political party	PPP (2012-present)
Relations	Mehmood Mandviwalla (cousin)[1]
Alma mater	Fort Worth School of Aviation

Mandviwalla was unanimously elected as chairperson for Senate's Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatisation.^[5]

Mandviwalla elected Vice Chairman of Senate of Pakistan on March 12, 2018, with 54 votes out of total 103 votes cast and defeated Usman Khan Kakar who secured only 44 votes.^[6][7][8][9]

Early life and education

Mandviwalla was born on 25 January 1959 in Karachi, to a Dawoodi Bohra family.^[10] His parents had migrated from Mandvi, Gujarat after Partition Of India. He graduated from Fort Worth School of Aviation in Texas, USA in 1981 and authorized with a commercial Pilot's license from the United States of America.