Rana Tanveer Hussain

Early life and education He was born into a Punjabi Rajput family on 1 October 1949 in Sheikhupura, Punjab.

He holds degree of M.A. in Economics and LLB from the Punjab University, Lahore. from two constituencies NA-131 and NA-132. He vacated NA-131 seat to retain NA-132.

In the 2013 Pakistani general elections, he was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly for the fifth time. In June 2013, he was appointed the Minister for Defence Production.

He had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after Panama Papers case decision. Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi. He was appointed federal minister for Defence Production for third time. In November 2017, he was given the additional cabinet portfolio of Minister for Science and Technology after which Minister of State for Science and Technology, Mir Dostain Khan Domki stepped down in protest. On 3 May 2018, in a cabinet reshuffle, he ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Defence Production after Usman Ibrahim succeeded him. Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Hussain ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Science and Technology.

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-120 (Sheikhupura-II) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from NA-114 Sheikhupura-II in the 2024 Pakistani general election.