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Name: Abdul Hafeez Shaikh
Nationality: Pakistani
Born City: Jacobabad
Father Name : Abdul Nabi Shaikh
Religion: Islam
Profession : Politician,, Economist ( 35 years of experience in economic policy-making )
Party: PTI
Education :
- Boston University ( MS in Economics followed by a PhD ,1984 )
Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Biography :
- Abdul Hafeez Sheikh is a Pakistani economist and politician.
- He has held various positions in the government, including Finance Minister of Pakistan, Provincial Minister for Finance and Planning in Sindh, and advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue.
- Sheikh has served multiple terms as a member of the Senate of Pakistan.
- He has degrees in Economics from prestigious universities such as Boston University, Stanford University, Harvard University, and the University of Pennsylvania.
- Sheikh’s academic career includes teaching at Harvard University and advising several countries on economic policies.
- He authored a book on Argentina’s privatization program.
- Sheikh’s political career began in 2000 when he became the Provincial Minister of Sindh for Finance and Planning.
- He has been affiliated with various political parties, including Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
- Sheikh served as the Federal Minister for Privatization in the Musharraf government.
- He resigned as Finance Minister of Pakistan in 2013.
- Sheikh was appointed as an advisor to the Prime Minister for Finance in April 2019 and later became the Federal Minister of Finance and Revenue in December 2020.
- He faced criticism and was removed from his position as Minister of Finance due to public pressure related to rising inflation.
- Sheikh tested positive for COVID-19 in March 2021.
- He contested the 2021 Pakistani Senate election but lost to his rival, Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani.
( Last Updated: 19 April 2019 )