Sardar Ali Amin Khan Gandapur is a politician who is currently serving as the 18th Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in office since 2 March 2024. He has been elected Member KP Assembly for the Second time in 2024 General Elections. He earlier got elected as member KP Assembly in 2013 General Elections from the platform of PTI and was appointed as Minister for Revenue & Estate Department by the than Chief Minister. In 2018 General Elections he was elected as MNA from the platform of PTI and served as Federal Minister Government of Pakistan. He served as the Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan from 5 October 2018 to 10 April 2022. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. He contested his first election in 2013, winning in PK-94 Dera Ismail Khan, he would win again later on in 2018. He contested 2 seats, PK-97 Dera Ismail Khan City 1, and NA-38, winning both seats. In 2024, he was elected again to a seat in the Provincial Assembly, winning in PK-113 Dera Ismail Khan.
Ali Amin Gandapur belongs to a politically active Gandapur tribe of Pashtuns from Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan, his late father Major (retd) Aminullah Gandapur having served as a caretaker cabinet member under Pervez Musharraf. Aminullah passed away in 2024.His brother Sardar Faisal Amin Khan Gandapur is also a politician. He completed his early education at Saint Helen's High School, Dera Ismail Khan. Due to his keen interest in sports as a squash player, he shifted to Peshawar and matriculated from the Police Model School. He later received his BA from Gomal University in Dera Ismail Khan.
He aims to serve the country under the leadership of Imran Khan. He has done a great job on the ground to bring a positive change according to the idealogy of PTI and Imran Khan. He is a senior member of the party and presented it well on every forum.