Makhdoom Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani (Urdu: مخدوم سیّد یوسف رضا گیلانی) (born 9 June 1952) is the 26th and current Prime Minister of Pakistan. He was previously Speaker of the National Assembly (1993-1997) and a Federal Minister (1985-1986, 1989-1990). Gilani is Vice-Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

He was nominated as Prime Minister by the PPP, with the support of its coalition partners, Pakistan Muslim League (N), Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement, on 22 March 2008. He took the oath of office from President Pervez Musharraf on 25 March 2008. Gilani is the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan from the Saraiki-speaking belt.

Gilani was born in Karachi on 9 June 1952 . He belongs to an influential political family from Multan. His father was a descendant of Syed Musa Pak, a spiritual figure of the Qadiri Sufism order which traces its origins to Abdul-Qadir Gilani of the Gilan province of Iran. Gilani attended Government College and obtained his B.A and M.A. in Journalism from University of the Punjab. Gilani is married and has four sons, one daughter, and one grandson. His eldest son, Syed Makhdoom Abdul Qadir Gilani, started his own political career from Multan, and in 2008 he married the granddaughter of Pir Pagara Shah Mardan Shah II, an influential political and religious leader of Sindh. His three other sons -- Ali Qasim Gilani, Ali Musa Gilani and Ali Haider Gilani -- are currently studying abroad. His daughter's is named Fiza Gilani. The Gilanis are major landowners in Multan and own about 200 acres of land. The Gilanis are relatives of cricket legend Hanif Mohammed and brothers, Pir Paraga]], Ishrat Husain (former State Bank of Pakistan Governor), Salman Jafri and Altaf Hussain.