Abdul Hafeez Shaikh

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	Imran Khan
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

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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.

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

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.