Abdul Hafeez Shaikh

Abdul Hafeez Shaikh
عبدالحفیظ شیخ
Minister of Finance and Revenue
In office
11 December 2020 – 29 March 2021
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded by(himself) as Advisor for Finance and Revenue
Succeeded byHammad Azhar
In office
18 March 2010 – 19 February 2013
Prime MinisterYusuf Raza Gillani
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
Preceded byNaveed Qamar (and he was preceded by Shaukat Tarin)
Succeeded bySaleem Mandviwalla
Advisor to the Prime Minister for Finance and Revenue
In office
18 April 2019 – 11 December 2020
Prime MinisterImran Khan
DeputyHammad Azhar (State Minister for Revenue) till 08 July 2019
Preceded byAsad 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, West-Pakistan
Alma materStanford University
Boston University
Harvard University
University of Pennsylvania
ProfessionPolitician
Economist
Academic fieldPolitical economy

Abdul Hafeez Sheikh (Urdu: عبدالحفیظ شیخ) is a Pakistani economist and politician who served as Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Affairs from 11 December 2020 to 29 March 2021. Previously, he served as an advisor to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue from April 2019 to December 2020.

Previously, he has served as the Finance Minister of Pakistan between 2010 and 2013 and Provincial Minister for Finance and Planning in Government of Sindh between 2000 and 2002. He also had been member of the Senate of Pakistan from 2003 to 2006 and again from 2006 to 2012 and then again from 2012 and 2018.

From 18 April 2019 to 11 December 2020 he served as an advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan for Finance after the cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Imran Khan.[1] Since 11 December 2020, he had served as the federal minister of finance and revenue affairs. He was removed as Minister of Finance on 29 March 2021, in lieu of heavy public pressure on Imran Khan because of rising inflation. He was replaced by Hammad Azhar.[2]

On 30 March 2021, he tested positive for COVID-19.[3]

  1. ^ author, "Major reshuffle: Fawad Chaudhry's ministry changed, Hafeez Sheikh appointed advisor on finance", Dawn News, 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Rising inflation costs Hafeez Shaikh his job". The Express Tribune. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  3. ^ Farooq, Umar (30 March 2021). "Pakistan's outgoing Finance Minister tests positive for COVID-19, as hospitals near capacity". Reuters. Retrieved 30 March 2021.