Wazir Baig
Speaker of the Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly
In office
11 December 2009 – 26 June 2015
DeputyJamil Ahmad
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byFida Muhammad Nashad
3rd Governor of Gilgit Baltistan
(Acting)
In office
17 September 2010 – 26 January 2010
Preceded byShama Khalid
Succeeded byKaram Ali Shah
Member of the Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly
In office
10 December 2009 – 10 December 2014
Succeeded byMir Ghazanfar Ali Khan
ConstituencyGBLA-6 Gilgit-VI
Personal details
BornHunza, Pakistan
Political partyPakistan Peoples Party (PPP)

Mir Wazir Baig is a Pakistani politician from Gilgit-Baltistan who served as the 1st speaker of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly. He also served as the governor of Gilgit Baltistan in 2010.

Early life and education

Mir Wazir Baig was born in 1942 in Hunza, Pakistan.

Political career

He started his political career as the president of the Hunza Student's Movement aimed at putting an end to the rule of Mirs. He demanded that people should be allowed to meet President Chaudry Fazal Illahi during his visit to Hunza. Upon this Wazir Baig was brutally tortured and was kept in prison till president completed the visit. Wazir Baig along with his supporters kept raising voice against the cruelties of the Mir rule which came to an end in 1974 when Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto dissolved the state. Wazir Baig started his career by joining Pakistan Peoples Party. He won his seat GBLA-6 and was elected as the 1st speaker of Gilgit Baltistan Assembly.[1][2] Later on in September 2010, Wazir was made as the Governor of Gilgit Baltistan. He was elected three times beginning a new era of freedom and prosperity in Hunza.

References

  1. ↑ "[HUNZA Elects] Wazir Baig's resounding victory in Hunza valley". PAMIR TIMES. 2009-11-13. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  2. ↑ "GBLA Speaker Wazir Baig sees bleak future for PPP in Gilgit-Baltistan". Pamir Times. 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
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