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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{EngvarB|date=February 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Marvi Memon
| honorific-prefix =
| office = Chairperson of [[Benazir Income Support Programme]]
| term_start = 25 February 2015
| term_end = 23 June 2018
| predecessor = Enver Baig
| president = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| primeminister = [[Nawaz Sharif]] <br /> [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
| successor =
| office1 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start1 = 1 June 2013
| term_end1 = 31 May 2018
| termstart2 = 17 March 2008
| termend2 = 23 June 2011
| constituency2 = Reserved seat for women
| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|7|21}}<ref name="bisp/profile" /><ref name="dawn/28april2013" />
| birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[Sindh Province]], Pakistan
| nationality = Pakistani
| father = [[Nisar Memon]]
|
| alma_mater = [[London School of Economics]]
}}

'''Marvi Memon''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|ماروی میمن}}}}; born 21 July 1972) is a Pakistani politician who recently served as Chairperson of the [[Benazir Income Support Programme]], from February 2015 until June 2018. She had been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from March 2008 to June 2011 and again from June 2013 to May 2018.

==Early life and education==
Memon was born in July 1972 in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]<ref name="dailytimes/29aug2017">{{cite news|title=Marvi Memon|url=http://dailytimes.com.pk/life-and-style/29-Aug-17/marvi-memon|accessdate=29 August 2017|work=Daily Times|date=29 August 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829042321/http://dailytimes.com.pk/life-and-style/29-Aug-17/marvi-memon|archivedate=29 August 2017}}</ref> to [[Nisar Memon]].<ref name="bisp/profile" />

Memon studied in [[Karachi]], [[Kuwait City]] and [[Paris]],<ref name="bisp/profile">{{cite web|title=Ms. Marvi Memon profile |url=http://bisp.gov.pk/ms-marvi-memon/ |website=bisp.gov.pk |publisher=Benazir Income Support Programme |accessdate=24 April 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424163715/http://bisp.gov.pk/ms-marvi-memon/ |archivedate=24 April 2017 }}</ref><ref name="pncp.net">{{cite web|title=Profile. Marvi Memon MNA|url=http://pncp.net/members/ms-marvi-memon-mna|website=pncp.net|accessdate=25 December 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224164112/http://pncp.net/members/ms-marvi-memon-mna|archivedate=24 December 2016}}</ref> She then enrolled in the [[London School of Economics]] from where she completed her [[BSc]] (Econ.) Honors in [[International Relations]] in 1993.<ref name="bisp/profile" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1024459|title=Marvi Memon|date=2013-04-28|newspaper=DAWN.COM|access-date=2017-02-21|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222055026/http://www.dawn.com/news/1024459|archivedate=22 February 2017}}</ref><ref name="dawn/7may2013">{{cite news|title=A glance at Sindh's female election hopefuls|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/812505|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=7 May 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120005752/http://www.dawn.com/news/812505|archivedate=20 November 2016}}</ref>

==Professional career==
Prior to joining politics, Memon worked as an intern at [[Dawn (newspaper)|DAWN]], [[Newsline (magazine)|Newsline]], [[Pakistan Institute of International Affairs]], [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] and the [[US embassy in Islamabad|United States embassy in Islamabad]].<ref name="pncp.net" />

After graduating from the London School of Economics, Memon worked as a banker<ref name="dawn/24april2017">{{cite news|title=Marvi Memon appointed to WB Advisory Council on Gender and Development|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1328941/marvi-memon-appointed-to-wb-advisory-council-on-gender-and-development|accessdate=24 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=24 April 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424225615/https://www.dawn.com/news/1328941/marvi-memon-appointed-to-wb-advisory-council-on-gender-and-development|archivedate=24 April 2017}}</ref> at [[Citibank]] where she specialized in Marketing and Quality Management<ref name="worldbank/profile">{{cite web|title=World Bank Advisory Council on Gender and Development|url=http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/gender/publication/world-bank-advisory-council-on-gender-and-development|publisher=World Bank|accessdate=24 April 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415034650/http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/gender/publication/world-bank-advisory-council-on-gender-and-development|archivedate=15 April 2017}}</ref> before moving to launch Trakker, Pakistan's largest vehicle tracking service provider which established her as an entrepreneur.<ref name="worldbank/profile" /> Memon joined the [[Inter-Services Public Relations]] in 2004 and served in its media monitoring and analysis wing until 2007. She also worked as a media consultant to Board of Investment.<ref name="worldbank/profile" />

==Political career==
Memon launched her political career as an advisor within Pakistan's Board of Investment, her primary role being advising the Minister of Strategies on marketing Pakistan's profitable sectors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/655052|title=Collection of Marvi’s parliamentary diaries launched|last=Newspaper|first=the|date=2011-08-27|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref> She joined [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (PML-Q) in 2007 and was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] in [[2008 Pakistani general election|2008 general election]]<ref name="dawn/24april2017" /> on a reserved seat for women from Punjab.<ref name="dawn/28april2013">{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1024459/marvi-memon-2|title=Marvi Memon|date=28 April 2013|work=DAWN.COM|accessdate=19 November 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505051913/http://www.dawn.com/news/1024459/marvi-memon-2|archivedate=5 May 2016|url-status=live|ref=dawn/28april2013}}</ref>

During her tenure as MNA, she served as a member on the opposition benches, and held various positions including a member of the standing committee of Environment, Information Technology and Kashmir. Her work paid particular focus on rural and urban vulnerabilities faced by women. Some of her key legislative pieces include:

# The Acid and Burns Crime Legislation, which also became the subject of Pakistan's first Oscar winning documentary<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-17180530|title=Pakistan's Oscar triumph for acid attack film Saving Face|last=Abbas|first=Nosheen|date=2012-02-29|access-date=2019-09-01|language=en-GB}}</ref>
# Legislation to set up the Pakistani Institute of Parliamentary Services, which is Pakistan's first research and training institute for parliamentarians<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pips.gov.pk/|title=Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services|website=www.pips.gov.pk|language=en|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref>
# Procedures and obligations of airlines after air crashes<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/582868/airblue-crash-anniversary-could-lives-have-been-saved/|title=Airblue crash anniversary: Could lives have been saved?|last=Tribune.com.pk|date=2013-07-28|website=The Express Tribune|language=en|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref>
# Supreme Court of Pakistan's Flood Commission Report which is a technical report taking account of climate change, and government obligations pre and post flooding<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/02/04/sc-orders-implementation-of-recommendations-in-flood-commission-report/|title=SC orders implementation of recommendations in Flood Commission report {{!}} Pakistan Today|website=www.pakistantoday.com.pk|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref>
# Rights of rural women faced with honour killings<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/5978850/Pakistan-to-outlaw-domestic-violence.html|title=Pakistan to outlaw domestic violence|last=Wilkinson|first=Isambard|date=2009-08-05|access-date=2019-09-01|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
# Worker rights in the agriculture sector<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/marvi-writes-to-pm-cjp-on-human-rights-abuse/|title=Marvi writes to PM, CJP on human rights' abuse {{!}} Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)|website=www.pakistanpressfoundation.org|language=en|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref>

Memon resigned from the National Assembly in 2011<ref name="dailytimes/29aug2017" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Resignation of Marvi Memon accepted|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/638825/resignation-of-marvi-memon-accepted|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=23 June 2011|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120004858/http://www.dawn.com/news/638825/resignation-of-marvi-memon-accepted|archivedate=20 November 2016}}</ref> and left the PML-Q in protest after the party joined the PPP led-coalition government.<ref name="tribune/23june2011">{{cite news|title=Voting against the budget: Marvi Memon resigns from NA, PML-Q – The Express Tribune|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/193999/marvi-memon-resigns-from-pml-q-national-assembly/|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=The Express Tribune|date=23 June 2011|ref=tribune/23june2011|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428063643/http://tribune.com.pk/story/193999/marvi-memon-resigns-from-pml-q-national-assembly/|archivedate=28 April 2016}}</ref>

In 2012, she launched her memoir, ''My Parliamentary Diaries'', an account of everyday life as a parliamentarian.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Newspaper|first1=the|title=Collection of Marvi’s parliamentary diaries launched|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/655052|accessdate=24 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=27 August 2011|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425025712/https://www.dawn.com/news/655052|archivedate=25 April 2017}}</ref>

Memon joined [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) in 2012,<ref name="dawn/24april2017" /> and was elected to the National Assembly on a reserved seat for women from [[Sindh]].<ref name="tribune/26may2013">{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/554634/pml-n-nominates-marvi-memon-for-na-reserved-seat/|title=PML-N nominates Marvi Memon for NA reserved seat – The Express Tribune|date=26 May 2013|work=The Express Tribune|accessdate=19 November 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065124/http://tribune.com.pk/story/554634/pml-n-nominates-marvi-memon-for-na-reserved-seat/|archivedate=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N secures most reserved seats for women in NA – The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/555511/pml-n-secures-most-reserved-seats-for-women-in-na/|accessdate=7 March 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=28 May 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304195047/https://tribune.com.pk/story/555511/pml-n-secures-most-reserved-seats-for-women-in-na/|archivedate=4 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Women, minority seats allotted|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1014677|accessdate=7 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=29 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307205110/https://www.dawn.com/news/1014677|archivedate=7 March 2017}}</ref> Memon initially served as Prime minister's youth wing coordinator<ref>{{cite news|title=Loan scheme launched in Fata|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1081322|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=19 January 2014|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120005828/http://www.dawn.com/news/1081322|archivedate=20 November 2016}}</ref> before she was appointed Chairperson of the Standing Committee for Information Broadcasting and Heritage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pncp.info/members/ms-marvi-memon-mna|title=Ms. Marvi Memon MNA {{!}} Parliamentarians Network for Conflict Prevention|website=pncp.info|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref> During her tenure as Chairperson, the Committee passed through various reforms with the objective of maintaining legislative oversight over the Federal Government's information Ministry. In February 2015, she was appointed Chairperson of [[Benazir Income Support Programme]] with status of Minister of State.<ref name="thenews/25feb2015">{{cite news|title=Marvi Memon appointed as BISP chairperson|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1884-marvi-memon-appointed-as-bisp-chairperson|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=thenews.com.pk|date=25 February 2015|ref=thenews/25feb2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120004727/https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1884-marvi-memon-appointed-as-bisp-chairperson|archivedate=20 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Marvi Memon to head BISP|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1165992/marvi-memon-to-head-bisp|accessdate=20 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=26 February 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120151536/http://www.dawn.com/news/1165992/marvi-memon-to-head-bisp|archivedate=20 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/263763-Marvi-Memon-appointed-as-BISP-chairperson|title=Marvi Memon appointed as BISP chairperson|work=Dunya News|access-date=2017-02-20|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913172102/http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/263763-Marvi-Memon-appointed-as-BISP-chairperson|archivedate=13 September 2017}}</ref>

In April 2017, she was appointed as the member of the Advisory Council on Gender and Development at [[World Bank]].<ref name="dawn/24april2017" />

She ceased to hold the status of Minister of State when the federal cabinet was disbanded after Nawaz Sharif resigned as Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite news|title=PM Nawaz Sharif steps down; federal cabinet stands dissolved|url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pm-nawaz-gives-up-his-post-federal-cabinet-stands-dissolved/|accessdate=25 March 2018|work=Daily Pakistan Global}}</ref> Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as the new prime minister in August 2017,<ref>{{cite news |last= Chaudhry, ''Dawn.com'' |first= Fahad |title= Shahid Khaqan Abbasi sworn in as prime minister of Pakistan |url= https://www.dawn.com/news/1348953 |accessdate=25 March 2018 |work= DAWN.COM |date=1 August 2017}}</ref> she was re-appointed as the Minister of State in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi<ref>{{cite news|last1=Reporter|first1=The Newspaper's Staff|title=Status of federal minister conferred on Fazl|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1354141|accessdate=31 August 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=27 August 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831174330/https://www.dawn.com/news/1354141|archivedate=31 August 2017}}</ref> and was elevated to federal minister in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi until the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term in May 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Govt expands cabinet months before elections - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1696773/1-govt-expands-cabinet-months-elections/|accessdate=27 April 2018|work=The Express Tribune|date=27 April 2018}}</ref>

In November 2018, Memon founded the Lifelong Learners Consultancy, providing consultancy services on development, national security, women empowerment, medium management and poverty alleviation to organisation, universities, governments and corporates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lifelonglearnersconsultancy.com|title=Life Long Learners Consultancy|website=Life Long Learners Consultancy}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
In March 2017, Memon received the Speaker's Democracy Award by the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]].<ref name="parliament/30march2017">{{cite news|title=Speaker's Democracy Award – inaugural winner announced|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2017/march/speakers-democracy-award---inaugural-winner-announced/|accessdate=30 March 2017|work=parliament.uk|date=30 March 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331025232/http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2017/march/speakers-democracy-award---inaugural-winner-announced/|archivedate=31 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Marvi Memon conferred Speaker's Democracy Award by UK parliament|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1323813|accessdate=31 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=31 March 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330215909/https://www.dawn.com/news/1323813|archivedate=30 March 2017}}</ref>

In July 2017, she was conferred the [[National Order of Merit (France)|French National Order of Merit]] by the French Ambassador to Pakistan in Islamabad.<ref>{{cite news|title=Marvi Memon conferred French National Order of Merit|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1346928/marvi-memon-conferred-french-national-order-of-merit|accessdate=22 July 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=22 July 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722121140/https://www.dawn.com/news/1346928/marvi-memon-conferred-french-national-order-of-merit|archivedate=22 July 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Twitter|marvi_memon}}

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->BattyBot: /* Political career */Removed/fixed incorrect author parameter(s), performed general fixes