3. (SBU) In 1988, Gillani clashed with then Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Prime Minister Muhammad Khan Junejo and decided to join the PPP. He was reelected on a PPP ticket in 1988 and appointed Minister of Tourism and Housing and Works. Gillani won a National Assembly seat in 1990, defeating then-head of the Gillani family, Makhdoom Syed Hamid Raza Gillani. He was reelected in the 1993 elections and became Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan (1993-1996) under Benazir Bhutto. Gillani lost his seat in the 1997 election, but has been Vice Chairman of the PPP since 1998. Gillani was just elected to the National Assembly from Southern Punjab's Multan district, where he defeated an incumbent who was a Federal Minister for Food in the previous government.