Asad Umar

Asad Umar
اسدعمر
Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives
In office
19 November 2019  10 April 2022
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded byKhusro Bakhtiar
Succeeded byAhsan Iqbal
Chairman Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs
In office
8 May 2019  30 November 2019
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Succeeded byFaiz Ullah Kamoka
Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs
In office
20 August 2018  18 April 2019
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
DeputyHammad Azhar (Minister of State for Revenue)
Preceded byShamshad Akhtar (caretaker)
Succeeded byAbdul Hafeez Shaikh (Finance and Revenue Advisor), Hammad Azhar (Economic Affairs Minister)
Chairman Standing Committee on Industries and Production
In office
2013–2018
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Succeeded bySajid Hussain Turi
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 August 2018  17 January 2023
ConstituencyNA-54 (Islamabad-III)
In office
16 September 2013  31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-48 (Islamabad-I)
Secretary General of the PTI
In office
25 December 2021  24 May 2023
ChairmanImran Khan
Personal details
Born (1961-09-08) 8 September 1961
Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
RelativesMuhammad Zubair Umar (brother)
Alma materInstitute of Business Administration, Karachi
AwardsSitara-i-Imtiaz
Websiteasadumar.pk

Asad Umar (Urdu: اسد عمر; born 8 September 1961) is a Pakistani former business executive and politician who served as the Finance, Revenue, and Economic Affairs Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to April 2019 and the Federal Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives from November 2019 to April 2022. Prior to entering politics, he served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Engro from 2004 to 2012.

Asad joined politics in 2012 and served as secretary-general of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from December 2021 to 24 May 2023.