Sikandar Sultan Raja
Sikandar Sultan Raja سکندر سلطان راجہ | |
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| Election Commission of Pakistan | |
| Assumed office 27 January 2020 | |
| Appointed by | Arif Alvi |
| Railways Secretary of Pakistan | |
| In office November 2018 – December 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Imran Khan |
| Petroleum Secretary of Pakistan | |
| In office 18 April 2017 – 26 August 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Nawaz Sharif |
| Chief Secretary Government of Azad Kashmir | |
| In office January 2016 – April 2017 | |
| Appointed by | Nawaz Sharif |
| Chief Secretary Government of Gilgit-Baltistan | |
| In office April 2014 – April 2015 | |
| Appointed by | Nawaz Sharif |
| Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Punjab | |
| In office January 2012 – May 2012 | |
| Appointed by | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Spouse | Rabab Sikandar |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | Sultan Ahmed |
| Occupation | Career bureaucrat |
Sikandar Sultan Raja is a retired Pakistani civil servant who is the current Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan since January 2020. He is the son-in-law of the former Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan and Chief Secretary Sindh Saeed Mehdi. As a civil servant, Raja belonged to the Pakistan Administrative Service.
Raja retired from civil service in BPS-22 grade in 2019, having worked in senior bureaucratic positions such as the Railways Secretary, Petroleum Secretary, SAFRON Secretary, Federal Secretary Aviation and Chief Secretary of both Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Raja was appointed as the chief election commissioner by President Arif Alvi in January 2020. His tenure as chief election commissioner ended in 8 January 2025, however he has continued to server the position as a caretaker, until the appointment of his successor.