{"id":"arif-alvi","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arif-alvi","language":"en","name":"Arif Alvi","name_en":"Arif Alvi","name_ne":null,"description":"13th President of Pakistan from 2018 to 2024","headline":"13th President of Pakistan from 2018 to 2024","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi is a Pakistani politician and former dentist who served as the 13th president of Pakistan from September 2018 to March 2024. He was a member of the National Assembly from 2013 until being elected president in 2018. Alvi entered politics in 1979 by joining Jamaat-e-Islami, but later resigned and became one of the founding members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"29 July 1949","date":"1949-07-29"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4790529#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Karachi","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8660"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4790529#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Pakistan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q843"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4790529#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"dentist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27349"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4790529#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (since 1996)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q284454","start":"1996"},{"text":"independent politician (1988–1996)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327591","start":"1988","end":"1996"},{"text":"Jamaat-e-Islami (1979–1988)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1475103","start":"1979","end":"1988"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4790529#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"De'Montmorency College of Dentistry","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5243798"},{"text":"University of Michigan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230492"},{"text":"University of the Pacific","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q630226"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4790529#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Samina Alvi","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56460153"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4790529#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of Pakistan (9 September 2018 – 10 March 2024)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q473984","start":"2018-09-09","end":"2024-03-10"},{"text":"Member of the 15th National Assembly of Pakistan (13 August 2018 – 6 September 2018)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55783826","start":"2018-08-13","end":"2018-09-06"},{"text":"Member of the 14th National Assembly of Pakistan (1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33512801","start":"2013-06-01","end":"2018-05-31"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4790529#P39"}},{"key":"x","label":"X (Twitter)","values":[{"text":"ArifAlvi","url":"https://x.com/ArifAlvi"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4790529#P2002"}},{"key":"facebook","label":"Facebook","values":[{"text":"Dr.ArifAlvi","url":"https://www.facebook.com/Dr.ArifAlvi"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4790529#P2013"}},{"key":"instagram","label":"Instagram","values":[{"text":"dr.arifalvi","url":"https://www.instagram.com/dr.arifalvi/"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4790529#P2003"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arif_Alvi","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4790529","https://x.com/ArifAlvi","https://www.facebook.com/Dr.ArifAlvi","https://www.instagram.com/dr.arifalvi/"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Arif Alvi born?","a":"Arif Alvi was born on 29 July 1949 in Karachi."},{"q":"What positions has Arif Alvi held?","a":"Positions held by Arif Alvi include: President of Pakistan (2018–2024); Member of the 15th National Assembly of Pakistan (2018–2018); Member of the 14th National Assembly of Pakistan (2013–2018)."},{"q":"Where did Arif Alvi study?","a":"Arif Alvi was educated at De'Montmorency College of Dentistry, University of Michigan, University of the Pacific."}],"related":[{"name":"Muhammad Mian Soomro","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-mian-soomro"},{"name":"Pervez Musharraf","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pervez-musharraf"},{"name":"Rafiq Tarar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rafiq-tarar"},{"name":"Zulfikar Ali Bhutto","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/zulfikar-ali-bhutto"},{"name":"Asif Ali Zardari","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/asif-ali-zardari"},{"name":"Iskander Mirza","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/iskander-mirza"},{"name":"Raja Pervez Ashraf","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/raja-pervez-ashraf"},{"name":"Imran Khan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/imran-khan"},{"name":"Shehbaz Sharif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/shehbaz-sharif"},{"name":"Shahid Khaqan Abbasi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/shahid-khaqan-abbasi"},{"name":"Zafarullah Khan Jamali","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/zafarullah-khan-jamali"},{"name":"Nawaz Sharif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nawaz-sharif"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/arif-alvi-e8de4d96c2.jpg","width":500,"height":700,"license":"CC0","credit":"Government of Pakistan","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:President_of_Pakistan_Dr_Arif_Alvi_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Arif Alvi","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arif_Alvi","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q4790529","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4790529","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi (cropped).jpg by Government of Pakistan (CC0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:President_of_Pakistan_Dr_Arif_Alvi_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Arif Alvi, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi (cropped).jpg — Government of Pakistan, CC0.","cite":"\"Arif Alvi\". DigiNepal. Last updated 9 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/arif-alvi. Retrieved 10 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-09T08:54:54Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-10","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/arif-alvi","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/arif-alvi","ne":null}}