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Mamnoon Hussain was elected to the largely ceremonial role of president by parliament in July 2013.

He succeeded Asif Ali Zardari, who stepped down at the end of his five-year term as the first democratically elected president to complete a full-term in Pakistan. He took over from Pervez Musharraf, who resigned under threat of impeachment.

Mr Hussain is a textile businessman and a close ally of the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif. He has been a long-time member of the ruling PML-N party.

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Head of state > Term limit for head of state 5 2014 73th out of 145
President Mamnoon Hussain 2013
President > Summary Mamnoon Hussain is a textile businessman 2013
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif 2013
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The Muslim League conservative opposition party won parliamentary elections in May 2013, returning Nawaz Sharif to power for a third time.

Mr Sharif, a wealthy industrialist from Punjab, first emerged in the 1980s as a protege of military ruler Zia ul-Haq, and went on to serve as elected prime minister in 1990-1993 and 1997-1999, alternating in office with the left-leaning Pakistan People's Party (PPP).

Army chief Pervez Musharraf deposed him in a coup in 1999, and Mr Sharif spent the following eight years in Saudi exile.

His victory in 2013 - again over the PPP - marked the first transition from one elected government to another in the country's history.

He has set out an ambitious programme of public works, fighting corruption and ending US drone attacks on the Taliban and al-Qaeda.

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Prime Minister > Summary Mr Sharif faces numerous pressing challenges 2013

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Term of office (Terms of office by country); British Broadcasting Corporation 2014

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