Arif Alvi facts for kids
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Arif Alvi
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عارف علوی
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Alvi in 2019
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| 13th President of Pakistan | |
| In office 9 September 2018 – 10 March 2024 |
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| Prime Minister | Imran Khan Shehbaz Sharif Anwaar ul Haq Kakar (Caretaker) Shehbaz Sharif (2nd Tenure) |
| Preceded by | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Succeeded by | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 13 August 2018 – 6 September 2018 |
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| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | Aftab Siddiqui |
| Constituency | NA-247 (Karachi South-II) |
| In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018 |
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| Preceded by | Khushbakht Shujaat |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Constituency | NA-250 (Karachi-XII) |
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| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | PTI (1996–present) |
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Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (1979–1988) |
| Spouse | Samina Alvi |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent | Habib-ur-Rehman Elahi Alvi (father) |
| Education | De'Montmorency College of Dentistry (BS) University of Michigan (MS) University of the Pacific (MS) |
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Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi (Urdu: عارف الرحمن علوی) is a Pakistani politician. He served as the 13th President of Pakistan from 2018 to 2024. Before becoming president, he was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
Arif Alvi was a dentist before he started his political career in 1979. He joined a political party called Jamaat-e-Islami (Pakistan). Later, he joined Imran Khan's party, PTI, in 1996. He was one of the people who helped start PTI.
He was elected to the National Assembly in 2013 and again in 2018. After that, he was chosen as PTI's candidate for the presidential election. He became the 13th President of Pakistan on 9 September 2018. He took over from Mamnoon Hussain.
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About Arif Alvi's Life and School
Arif Alvi's father, Habib-ur-Rehman Elahi Alvi, was a dentist. He moved to Karachi after Pakistan was formed and opened a dental clinic.
Arif Alvi went to school in Karachi. In 1967, he moved to Lahore to study dentistry. He earned a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree from De'Montmorency College of Dentistry. He then got his master's degree in prosthodontics from the University of Michigan in 1975. In 1984, he received another master's degree in orthodontics from the University of the Pacific in San Francisco, USA. After finishing his studies, he returned to Pakistan and started his own dental hospital called Alvi Dental Hospital.
Arif Alvi is married to Samina Alvi. They have four children.
Arif Alvi's Work as a Dentist
Arif Alvi was very active in the dental community.
- In 1981, he was the Chairman of the first Pakistan International Dental Conference.
- He became the Chairman of the Third Pakistan International Dental Conference in 1987.
- He also became a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics in 1997.
- He helped create the rules for the Pakistan Dental Association and later became its president.
- He was also the Chairman of the 28th Asia Pacific Dental Congress.
He served as the Dean of Orthodontics at the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. In 2006, he was chosen as the President of the Asia Pacific Dental Federation. The next year, he became a Councillor of the FDI World Dental Federation.
Arif Alvi's Political Journey
Arif Alvi started his political journey as a student. While studying dentistry, he was an active member of student groups. He became the president of a student union. During a protest in 1969, he was shot, and a bullet is still in his body.
He became more active in politics in 1977. In 1979, he ran for a seat in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh but did not win. In 1988, he left his first political party. He said he left because he felt that honest leaders were the real solution for Pakistan's problems.
In 1996, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) after being inspired by Imran Khan. He helped write the party's rules. He was a member of PTI's main committee and later became the president of PTI in Sindh province in 1997.
He ran for a seat in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 1997 and 2002 but was not successful. In 2001, he became the vice president of PTI. From 2006 to 2013, he served as the secretary general of PTI.
In 2013, he was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan. He was the only PTI member to win a National Assembly seat from Sindh in that election. In 2016, he became the president of the PTI Sindh chapter.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly in 2018.
Arif Alvi as President of Pakistan
On 18 August 2018, PTI chose Arif Alvi as their candidate for President of Pakistan. On 4 September 2018, he was elected as the 13th President of Pakistan. He won against Fazal-ur-Rehman and Aitzaz Ahsan. After being elected, he thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan and the government for their support. He is the third President of Pakistan whose family moved to Pakistan from India after the country was formed. He became President on 9 September 2018.
In 2018, he started the Presidential Initiative for Artificial Intelligence & Computing (PIAIC). This program helps people learn about new technologies like artificial intelligence.
His five-year term as president officially ended on 8 September 2023. However, he stayed in office longer because a new president could not be elected right away. This made him the second President in Pakistan's history to have an extended term. His term as President of Pakistan ended on 8 March 2024.
Images for kids
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Alvi in 2019
See also
In Spanish: Arif Alvi para niños
