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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana
| native_name = {{Nastaliq|ملک محمد رفیق رجوانہ}}
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Malik Rafique Rajwana at an Agricultural Partnership at Expo in Lahore (41151147234) (cropped).jpg
| office = 32nd [[Governor of Punjab, Pakistan|Governor of Punjab]]
| term_start = 10 May 2015
| term_end = 18 August 2018
| president = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| primeminister = [[Shahid Khaqan Abbassi]]
| predecessor = [[Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar]]
| successor = [[Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi]] <small>(Acting)</small>
| office2 = [[Pakistani]] [[Senate of Pakistan|Senator]] from [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]
| term_start2 = 12 March 2012
| term_end2 = 7 May 2015
| president2 = [[Asif Ali Zardari]]
| primeminister2 = [[Raja Pervaiz Ashraf]]
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| term_start3 = 3 June 1997
| term_end3 = 5 July 1999
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|02|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Multan]], [[West Punjab|Punjab]], [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]]
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| nationality = [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]]
| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
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| alma_mater = [[Forman Christian College]]
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'''Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|ملک محمد رفیق رجوانہ}}}}); (born 20 February 1949) was the 36th [[Governor of Punjab, Pakistan|Governor of Punjab]], in office since 10 May 2015. He is affiliated with [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML-N]].<ref name="Tribun 01">{{cite news |title=Rafique Rajwana takes oath as Punjab governor |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/884059/rafique-rajwana-takes-oath-as-punjab-governor/ |work=The Express Tribune |date=10 May 2015}}</ref>

He conducted landmark cases, including [[Mian Nawaz Sharif]], [[Memogate (Pakistan)|Memogate]] Scandal,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pakistanconstitutionlaw.com/detailed-order-in-memo-gate-case/|title=Detailed order in memo gate case|accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref> Election expenses, Alstom Energy Ltd, Rally Energy Ltd and Liverpool Cotton Association.<ref name="Team 01">{{cite web|url=http://rajwanaandrajwana.com/our-team/|title=Our team|accessdate=7 May 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428124216/http://rajwanaandrajwana.com/our-team/|archivedate=28 April 2015}}</ref> He was the chairman of the parliamentary committee for appointment of the [[Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan]] in 2014.

== Early life ==
He is a native of [[Multan]] in southern Punjab. Rajwana graduated from [[Government Emerson College Multan]] and earned a master's degree in [[Economics]] from [[Forman Christian College University]], Lahore.<ref>http://senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=321</ref>

== Career ==
Rajwana joined the judiciary in 1987, resigning, later to start law firm Rajwana & Rajwana. In 1996, he was elected as President of High Court Bar Association [[Multan]]. His core areas of practice are Civil, Company, Alternate Dispute Resolution and Arbitration.

He served as [[senator]] from southern Punjab in 1997 and in 2012.<ref name="Profile 01">{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=785|title=Senator profile|accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref> Rajwana is the senior Advocate [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]].

In February 2014, he was appointed chair of the parliamentary committee for appointment of [[Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Pakistan govt takes significant move for CEC appointment|url=http://www.thenewstribe.com/tag/malik-rafique-rajwana/|accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref>

He has been member of senate committees for Foreign Affairs, Law Justice and Human Rights, Government Assurances, Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges, Senate House Committee, Devolution Process<ref name="Profile 01" />

On May 10, 2015 he became [[Governor of Punjab, Pakistan|Governor of Punjab]].<ref name="Tribun 01"/><ref>{{cite web|title=senator rafiq rajwana appointed as governor punjab|url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/05/07/national/senator-rafiq-rajwana-appointed-as-governor-punjab/|accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hasanat|first1=Sheraz |title=Punjab governor Sarwar resigns: 'I can serve Pakistan better out of office' |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1160201 |accessdate=29 January 2015}}</ref>

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