Meet Imran Khan, Pakistan's next prime minister who was his country's biggest sports star, a notorious playboy, and married his 3rd wife before ever seeing her face

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Imran Khan, the man who will become Pakistan's next prime minister, has had a colorful past.

Before entering politics in the mid-1990s, Khan was an Oxford scholar, world-renowned cricketer, and a playboy with a reputation on London's party scene.

His first two marriages were to a British socialite and a BBC weather presenter, who has since accused him of cheating and taking hard drugs. His third wife is a woman whose face he had never seen until after the wedding.

Khan's party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, won more seats than its opponents in the country's general election. It will need a coalition to form a government.

Scroll down to learn more about Imran Khan, the cricketer-turned-politician.

This is Imran Khan, the 65-year-old leader of Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party. The party, whose name means "Movement for Justice" in Urdu, won more seats than other parties in the Pakistani parliament, which would effectively make Khan the next Prime Minister.

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PTI officially won the general election, but will need to form a coalition for its government, the Associated Press reported.

He grew up in Lahore, Pakistan's capital, before going to Oxford University. There he enrolled in the prestigious Philosophy, Politics, and Economics course, which was studies by other world leaders like Britain's David Cameron, Australia's Tony Abbott, Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, and Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto.

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However, Khan was known less for his academics than his sportsmanship. He made his debut for Pakistan's national cricket team in 1971, aged 18.

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Source: Daily Pakistan

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