Arif Alvi

Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi (; born 29 July 1949) is a Pakistani politician currently serving as the 13th President of Pakistan, in office since 9 September 2018. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018 and again from August to September 2018. A founding member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Alvi was elected as President of Pakistan on 4 September 2018 following the 2018 Pakistani presidential election. Alvi was a dentist before entering politics in 1979, when he joined Jamaat-e-Islami (Pakistan) but he later on resigned from the party and founded the PTI with former Pakistan cricket team captain and cricketer-turned-politician, Imran Khan in 1996. Alvi was elected to the National Assembly, from NA-250 Karachi-XII in 2013 and was re-elected in 2018 from NA-247 Karachi South-II. He was later nominated as the PTI's candidate for the presidential election. He was elected as the 13th President of Pakistan after defeating Fazal-ur-Rehman and Aitzaz Ahsan, after which he resigned from the National Assembly and was sworn into office on 9 September 2018, succeeding Mamnoon Hussain. Personal life and education