Rehman Malik

About

Affiliated with the progressive Pakistan Peoples Party, this diplomat and government administrator served as Interior Minister of Pakistan from 2008-2013. Earlier in his career, he had held the position of Director of the Pakistani Federal Investigation Agency.

Before Fame

Following his 1973 Statistics Department graduation from Karachi University, he worked for a time for the Pakistani National Alien Registration Authority before becoming a special agent with the FIA (Federal Investigation Agency).

Trivia

For nearly a decade, as a result of political turbulence in Pakistan, he lived in exile in the United Kingdom.

Family Life

He was born to a Muslim family in the northeastern Pakistani province of Punjab.

Associated With

In the mid-1990s, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif forced Malik out of the FIA, likely because Malik had exposed the political corruption of Sharif and his associates.