Arbab Jehangir Khan

Arbab Jehangir Khan Khalil (1 August 1936 – 16 October 2007) a renowned figure of the Khalil tribe, was a Pakistani politician hailed from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He served as the 8th elected (14th overall) Chief Minister from 7 April 1985 to 29 May 1988 and then as the Leader of opposition in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa assembly from 1989 to 1990. Electorally undefeated throughout his career, he also served as Federal Minister for Petroleum Resources, Housing and Works, Narcotics control and Senior Minister.

Early life and education Arbab Jehangir Khan was born in 1936 to Nawab Arbab Sher Ali Khan in Tehkal Peshawar.

His son Arbab Alamgir Khan was appointed Federal Minister for Communications in the cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani.

His nephew Shehzad Arbab was a bureaucrat who ended his career as Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu Kashmir. He later joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and was appointed Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan. Arbab Jehangir Khan's elder brother was Commissioner Dera Ismail Khan.

He was the sixth of seven brothers, three of whom served in Pakistan Army one of them being Arbab Niaz Muhammad who was later appointed a Minister and the cricket stadium in peshawar is named after him.

Political career Arbab Jehangir Khan started his political career in 1969. In 1970, he contested election for the first time and was elected to Provincial Assembly from National Awami Party.

In the 1977 general elections He secured his seat by winning the provincial assembly seat from Pakistan People Party and in 1985 elections he was sworn in as the 8th Chief Minister of North-West-Frontier-Province now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.