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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=October 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix =
|name = Sardar Muhammad Yousuf Gujjar
| office = [[Ministry of Religious Affairs (Pakistan)|Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony]]
| term_start = 4 August 2017
|term_end = 31 May 2018
| president =[[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| primeminister =[[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
| predecessor = Himself
| successor =
| term_start1 =8 June 2013
| term_end1 = 28 July 2017
| predecessor1 = Shazada Muhammad Saleem
| successor1 = Himself
| president1 =[[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| primeminister1 =[[Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif]]
| office2 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start2 = 1 June 2013
| term_end2 = 31 May 2018
|constituency2=[[Constituency NA-20|NA-20 (Mansehra-I)]]
| term_start3 = 3 November 1990
| term_end3 = 12 October 1999
|constituency3= NA-14 (Mansehra-I)
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)]]
|children = [[Sardar Shahjahan Yousuf]]<ref name="dawn/25march2013">{{cite news|title=PML-N striving to regain strength in Hazara|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/797797|access-date=18 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=25 March 2013|ref=dawn/25march2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119061458/http://www.dawn.com/news/797797|archive-date=19 November 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
}}

'''Sardar Muhammad Yousuf''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|سردار محمد یوسف}}}}) became the minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, in the [[Abbasi cabinet]] from August 2017 to May 2018. A leader of the [[Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)]], Sardar Muhammad Yousuf had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan when he had an alliance with [ Shahzada Muhammad Gushtasip Khan ] which he then broke from 1990 to 1999 and again from June 2013 to May 2018. He previously served as Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony in the [[third Sharif ministry]] from 2013 to 2017.

== Political career ==

Yousuf was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] for the first time in [[1985 Pakistani general election]].{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as an independent candidate from Constituency PF-45 (Mansehra-IV) in [[1988 Pakistani general election]], but was unsuccessful. He received 9,811 votes and lost the seat to an independent candidate, Faiz Muhammad Khan.<ref name="ecp/nwfp88-97">{{cite web|title=NWFP election result 1988-97|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/NWFP.pdf|publisher=ECP|access-date=23 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211074407/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/NWFP.pdf|archive-date=11 February 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In the same election, he ran for the seat of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from Constituency NA-16 (Mansehra-III) as a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] but was unsuccessful.<ref name="ecp/na88-97" />

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as an independent candidate from Constituency PF-45 (Mansehra-IV) in [[1990 Pakistani general election]] and defeated Faiz Muhammad Khan.<ref name="ecp/nwfp88-97" /> In the same election, he was elected to the National Assembly<ref name="dawn/19september2002">{{cite news|title=Tough contest seen on Mansehra seats|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/57882|access-date=18 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=19 September 2002|ref=dawn/19september2002|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119061117/http://www.dawn.com/news/57882|archive-date=19 November 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-14 (Mansehra-I). He received 34,787 votes and defeated a candidate of [[Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F)]] (JUI-F).<ref name="ecp/na88-97">{{cite web|title=National Assembly election results 1988-97|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/NA.pdf|publisher=ECP|access-date=23 February 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828225608/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/NA.pdf|archive-date=28 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> After winning he joined [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N).<ref name="tribune/4mar2013">{{cite news|title=Electioneering: Hazara province movement leader rejoins PML-N - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/515333/electioneering-hazara-province-movement-leader-rejoins-pml-n/|access-date=13 December 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=4 March 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213204131/https://tribune.com.pk/story/515333/electioneering-hazara-province-movement-leader-rejoins-pml-n/|archive-date=13 December 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as an independent candidate from Constituency PF-45 (Mansehra-IV) in [[1993 Pakistani general election]], but was unsuccessful. He received 486 votes and lost the seat to an independent candidate, Haq Nawaz Khan.<ref name="ecp/nwfp88-97" /> In the same election, he was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-14 (Mansehra-I). He received 58,191 votes and defeated a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (J)]].<ref name="ecp/na88-97" />

He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-14 (Mansehra-I) in [[1997 Pakistani general election]].<ref name="tribune/4mar2013" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Differences surface in Mansehra PML-N|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/682031/differences-surface-in-mansehra-pml-n|access-date=18 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=20 December 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119060826/http://www.dawn.com/news/682031/differences-surface-in-mansehra-pml-n|archive-date=19 November 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He received 46,918 votes and defeated a candidate of JUI-F.<ref name="ecp/na88-97" />

He served as District Nazim of [[Mansehra District]].<ref name="tribune">{{cite news|title=In Mansehra, tough battle expected among PML-N, PTI and JUI-F – The Express Tribune|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/540992/in-mansehra-tough-battle-expected-among-pml-n-pti-and-jui-f/|access-date=12 October 2016|work=The Express Tribune|date=27 April 2013|ref=tribune|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013072723/http://tribune.com.pk/story/540992/in-mansehra-tough-battle-expected-among-pml-n-pti-and-jui-f/|archive-date=13 October 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

He left PML-N to join [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (PML-Q) after [[1999 Pakistani coup d'état]].<ref name="tribune/4mar2013" />

He could not run in the [[2002 Pakistani general election]]<ref name="tribune/4mar2013" /> and again in [[2008 Pakistani general election]] because of the graduation degree bar.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Newspaper|first1=the|title=NEWS IN BRIEF|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/789840|access-date=13 December 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=2 March 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213214342/https://www.dawn.com/news/789840|archive-date=13 December 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In early 2013, he left PML-Q<ref>{{cite news|title=Constituency profile: For Mansehra seats, it's the mosque that matters – The Express Tribune|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/538043/constituency-profile-for-mansehra-seats-its-the-mosque-that-matters/|access-date=12 October 2016|work=The Express Tribune|date=20 April 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321050700/http://tribune.com.pk/story/538043/constituency-profile-for-mansehra-seats-its-the-mosque-that-matters/|archive-date=21 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> to join the PML-N.<ref name="tribune/4mar2013" /><ref name="tribune" />

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from [[Constituency NA-20|Constituency NA-20 (Mansehra-I)]] in the [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N candidate wins NA-20 Mansehra seat – The Express Tribune|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/548198/pml-n-candidate-wins-na-20-mansehra-seat/|access-date=18 November 2016|work=The Express Tribune|date=12 May 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119060519/http://tribune.com.pk/story/548198/pml-n-candidate-wins-na-20-mansehra-seat/|archive-date=19 November 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Upon PML-N victory in the Pakistani general election, 2013, he was appointed Minister for Religious Affair and Interfaith Harmony in the [[third Sharif ministry]].<ref>{{cite news|title=25-member cabinet takes oath|url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/06/08/national/25-member-cabinet-takes-oath/|access-date=12 October 2016|publisher=Pakistan Today|date=8 June 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042724/http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/06/08/national/25-member-cabinet-takes-oath/|archive-date=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

He had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the resignation of Prime Minister [[Nawaz Sharif]] after [[Panama Papers case (Pakistan)|Panama Papers case]] decision.<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/|access-date=28 July 2017|work=Daily Pakistan Global|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728114411/https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pm-nawaz-gives-up-his-post-federal-cabinet-stands-dissolved/|archive-date=28 July 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Following the election of [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]] as Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousaf was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi and was appointed Minister for Religious Affairs for the second time.<ref>{{cite news|title=New cabinet takes oath: Khawaja Asif foreign minister, Ahsan Iqbal interior minister|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1349562/new-cabinet-takes-oath-khawaja-asif-foreign-minister-ahsan-iqbal-interior-minister|access-date=4 August 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=4 August 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804113543/https://www.dawn.com/news/1349562/new-cabinet-takes-oath-khawaja-asif-foreign-minister-ahsan-iqbal-interior-minister|archive-date=4 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pakistan Swears In New Federal Cabinet|url=http://newsweekpakistan.com/pakistan-swears-in-new-federal-cabinet/|access-date=4 August 2017|work=Newsweek Pakistan|date=4 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804174632/http://newsweekpakistan.com/pakistan-swears-in-new-federal-cabinet/|archive-date=4 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Yousuf ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony.<ref>{{cite web |title=Notification |url=http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf |publisher=Cabinet division |access-date=1 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180601180526/http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf |archive-date=1 June 2018}}</ref>

He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PK-34 (Mansehra-V) in [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/07/live-pakistan-election-2018-results/ |access-date=3 September 2018 |work=Samaa TV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729083521/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/07/live-pakistan-election-2018-results/ |archive-date=2018-07-29 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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