Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon


Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon is a Pakistani politician who is the 7th and current Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan, in office since 30 September 2018.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the Legislative Assembly of Gilgit Baltistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency GBLA-7 in the 2015 Gilgit Baltistan Assembly election, but was unsuccessful. He came in second receiving 3,330 votes and losing the seat to Akbar Khan Taban.
He was appointed the governor of Gilgit-Baltistan by President Arif Alvi on the advice of Prime Minister Imran Khan after the resignation of Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan. On 30 September 2018, he took the oath of office as Governor.