Shawkat

Shawkat (variations include Shaukat, Shavkat, or Şevket; Arabic: شَوْكَت) is a masculine Arabic given name and surname.^[1] It derives from the word ("شَوْكة" which means "Might" or "Strength"^[2]) and itself is derived from the word ("شَوْك" which means "Thorns"^[1]). Notable people with the name include:

• Alia Shawkat, American actress best known from her role in the television series Arrested Development
• Assef Shawkat, head of Syria's military intelligence
• Naji Shawkat, Iraqi politician and cabinet member who served as prime minister from November 3, 1932 to March 18, 1933
• Shawkat Ali (1918–1975), Bengali politician, leader of Bengali Language Movement
• Shawkat Ali, politician and deputy speaker of Bangladesh
• Shawkat Ali, novelist from Bangladesh
• Shawkat Osman, Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer
• Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, Jordanian politician and judge, Prime Minister of Jordan from October 2011 to April 2012, vice-President of the International Court of Justice
• Shaukat Dukanwala, UAE cricketer
• Shaukat Aziz (born 1949), Prime Minister of Pakistan 2004–2007
• Shaukat Hameed Khan, Pakistani nuclear physicist and former director of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
• Syed Shaukat Hussain Rizvi, Indian director and producer
• Maulana Shaukat Ali, Indian Muslim nationalist
• Major General Shaukat Sultan, Pakistani former director general of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR)
• Shaukat Hayat Khan (1915–1998), Punjabi politician, military officer, and Pakistan Movement activist
• Sardar Shaukat Hussein Khan Mazari, Pakistani politician

See also

• Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, a cancer research hospital and cancer research institute in Pakistan