Abdul Hafeez Shaikh
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.
Abdul Hafeez Shaikh | |
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| 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 | Yousaf Raza Gillani Raja Pervaiz Ashraf |
| Preceded by | Naveed Qamar (and he was 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, West-Pakistan |
| Alma mater | Stanford University Boston University Harvard University University of Pennsylvania |
| Profession | Politician Economist |
| Academic field | Political economy |
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. 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.
On March 30 2021, he tested positive for Covid-19.