Abdul Hafeez Shaikh

Abdul Hafeez Shaikh
عبدالحفیظ شیخ
Minister of Finance and Revenue
In office 11 December 2020 – 29 March 2021
Prime Minister	Imran Khan
Preceded by	(himself) as Advisor for Finance and Revenue
Succeeded by	Hammad Azhar
In office 18 March 2010 – 19 February 2013
Prime Minister	Yusuf Raza Gillani Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
Preceded by	Shaukat Tarin
Succeeded by	Saleem Mandviwalla
Advisor to the Prime Minister for Finance and Revenue
In office 18 April 2019 – 11 December 2020
Prime Minister	Imran Khan
Deputy	Hammad Azhar (State Minister for Revenue) till 08 July 2019
Preceded by	Asad Umar (Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs)
Succeeded by	(himself) as Minister of Finance and Revenue
Personal details
Born	Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Jacobabad, Sindh Province, Pakistan
Alma mater	Boston University
Profession	Economist
Academic field	Development Economics

Abdul Hafeez Shaikh (Urdu: عبدالحفیظ شیخ) is a Pakistani economist with international experience in policy making and economic management. He has twice served as the Minister of Finance, in (2010-2013) and (2019- 2021). He has also at various times held the portfolios of Minister of Economic Affairs, Revenue, Planning and Development, Statistics, Privatization and Investment.

His work experience includes Harvard University, The World Bank, and Private Equity. He was thrice elected to the Senate of Pakistan. He has advised the governments of Malaysia, Philippines, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Indonesia, Thailand, Libya, Vietnam, Czech Republic, Kuwait, Argentina, Bangladesh, Tanzania, Jordan, Qatar, Malta, and Botswana.

Under his leadership, Pakistan completed its highly successful privatization program (2003-2006), covering telecommunications, electricity, banking, oil refining, manufacturing and other sectors for over 5 billion USD.

Dr. Shaikh was also Minister for Finance and Development in the Sindh province of Pakistan (2000- 2003), reforming the finances of the province and led the province to become one of the first sub-national governments to develop a program with the World Bank.

Dr. Shaikh was born in Jacobabad, Sindh. He holds a PhD in Economics from Boston University.

Dr. Shaikh has many publications, including a book on Argentina's privatisation program.^[1]

Dr. Shaikh is primarily an economist and a technocrat, however he has been held high offices in the management of the economy which are of a political nature.

In 2000, he was appointed the Provincial Minister of Sindh for Finance and Planning in the military government.^[2]

He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) from Sindh in March 2003. He was a member of the Senate between 2003 and 2006.^[3]

Dr. Shaikh was next elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Sindh in March 2010. ^[4] In March 2010, he was made the Minister of Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Planning and Development.^[5]

He was again elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of PPP from Sindh in 2012. ^[6] In February 2013, he resigned as the Finance Minister of Pakistan ^[5] as he was a candidate for Interim Prime Minister.

In April 2019, he was appointed as an Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan for Finance by Prime Minister Imran Khan ^[7] and on December 11, 2020, he was appointed as Federal Minister of Finance and Revenue.^[8]

• Islamic Development Bank, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2019)^[9]
• World Bank, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2019)^[10]

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