Yousuf Raza Gilani is the 16th and current Prime minister of Pakistan and the vice-chairman of the democratic socialist party, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). Gillani was nominated for the office of prime minister and became prime minister when his party formed the coalition government with Pakistan Muslim League, Awami National Party, Assembly of Islamic Clergy and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), after his party secured a considerable victory on 2008 parliamentary elections.

On 13 February 2012, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani is charged with contempt of court by the Supreme Court for refusing to relaunch legal proceedings in Switzerland against President Asif Ali Zardari for suspected embezzlement.