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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Fakhar Imam
| image = Fakhar Imam (cropped).jpg
| caption = Fakhar Imam
| office = [[Ministry of National Food Security and Research|Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research]]
| term_start = 6 April 2020
| term_end =
| president = [[Arif Alvi]]
| primeminister = [[Imran Khan]]
| predecessor = [[Khusro Bakhtiar]]
| office1 = [[Parliamentary Special Committee on Kashmir|Chairman of Parliamentary Special Committee on Kashmir]]
| term_start1 = 1 March 2019
| term_end1 = 6 April 2020
| president1 =
| primeminister1 =
| office2 = [[Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training|Federal Minister for Education]]
| term_start2 = 9 November 1990
| term_end2 = 18 July 1993
| president2 = [[Ghulam Ishaq Khan]]
| primeminister2 = [[Nawaz Sharif]]
| office3 = [[Ministry of Law and Justice (Pakistan)|Federal Minister for Law]]
| term_start3 = 9 November 1990
| term_end3 = 18 July 1993
| president3 = [[Ghulam Ishaq Khan]]
| primeminister3 = [[Nawaz Sharif]]
| office4 = [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Pakistan)|Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs]]
| term_start4 = 9 November 1990
| term_end4 = 18 July 1993
| president4 = [[Ghulam Ishaq Khan]]
| primeminister4 = [[Nawaz Sharif]]
| office5 = [[Leader of the Opposition (Pakistan)|Leader of the Opposition]]
| term_start5 = 3 May 1987
| term_end5 = 29 May 1988
| office6 = 11th [[Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| deputy6 = [[Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan|Wazir Ahmed Jogezai]]
| term_start6 = 22 March 1985
| term_end6 = 25 March 1986
| office7 = Federal Minister for Local Government and Rural Development
| term_start7 = 9 March 1981
| term_end7 = 8 December 1983
| president7 =
| primeminister7 =
| office8 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start8 = 13 August 2018
| term_end8 =
| constituency8 = NA-150 Khanewal-I
| term_start9 = 1997
| term_end9 = [[1999 Pakistani coup d'état|12 October 1999]]
| constituency9 = Khanewal
| term_start10 = 1990
| term_end10 = 1993
| constituency10 = NA-121 Khanewal-I
| term_start11 = 1985
| term_end11 = 1988
| constituency11 = NA-111 Multan-I
| term_start12 = 9 March 1981
| term_end12 = 24 March 1985
| constituency12 = Martial Law Government
| party = [[Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|12|18|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = [[Abida Hussain]]
| children = [[Syeda Sughra Imam]]
| successor1 = [[Shehryar Khan Afridi]]
}}

'''Syed Fakhar Imam''' ({{lang-ur|سید فخر امام}}) (born 18 December 1942)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pakistanherald.com/profile/syed-fakhar-imam-1169|title=Syed Fakhar Imam|website=Pakistan Herald}}</ref> is a [[Pakistani]] politician who is currently serving as [[Ministry of National Food Security and Research|Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research]], in office since April 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nation.com.pk/08-Apr-2020/fakhar-imam-takes-oath-as-federal-minister|title=Fakhar Imam takes oath as Federal Minister|author=Staff Reporter|date=April 8, 2020|website=nation.com.pk}}</ref> He also served as the 11th Speaker of [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from 1985 to 1986.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.na.gov.pk/h_speaker.html |title=Speakers / Presidents |publisher=[[National Assembly of Pakistan]] |access-date=26 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204000937/http://www.na.gov.pk/h_speaker.html |archive-date=4 February 2010 }}</ref>

He has previously worked as the [[Chairman]] of [[Pakistan]]'s [[Parliamentary Special Committee on Kashmir]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/02/02/govt-to-appoint-fakhar-imam-as-kashmir-committee-chairman/|title=Govt to appoint Fakhar Imam as Kashmir Committee chairman - Pakistan Today|website=www.pakistantoday.com.pk}}</ref> He was educated at [[Aitchison College]] Lahore & [[Clifton College]] in [[England]].

His wife [[Syeda Abida Hussain]] was also a minister in the government of [[Nawaz Sharif]] and his daughter [[Syeda Sughra Imam]] is also a politician. He was preceded by [[Malik Meraj Khalid]] as Speaker of [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]. He was elected to the national assembly and joined PTI.

On 6 April 2020 he was appointed as Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research.

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