Miftah Ismail
Miftah Ismail | |
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مفتاح اسماعیل | |
Ismail in 2014 | |
| Secretary-General of Awaam Pakistan | |
| Assumed office 6 July 2024 | |
| Leader | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
| Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Minister of Pakistan | |
| In office 19 April 2022 – 27 September 2022 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Shaukat Tarin |
| Succeeded by | Ishaq Dar |
| In office 27 April 2018 – 31 May 2018 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
| Preceded by | Rana Afzal Khan |
| Succeeded by | Shamshad Akhtar (Caretaker) |
| Minister of State for Finance | |
| In office 27 December 2017 – 27 April 2018 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
| Preceded by | Rana Afzal Khan |
| Succeeded by | Shamshad Akhtar (Caretaker) |
| Chairman of Board of Investment | |
| In office 4 January 2014 – 28 July 2017 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 July 1965 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Political party | AP (2024-present) |
| Other political affiliations | PMLN (2011-2023) |
| Alma mater | Duquesne University (B.S) Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D) |
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Miftah Ismail (Urdu: مفتاح اسماعیل; born 23 July 1965) is a Pakistani political economist who served as the Federal Minister of Finance from April 2022 to September 2022. He had previously served in the same office, from April 2018 to May 2018 in Khaqan Abbasi's cabinet. Prior to that, he served as the Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs, chairman of the Pakistan Board of Investment and an economist with the International Monetary Fund.
He is the current secretary of the Awaam Pakistan party, a political party he co-founded alongside former Pakistani prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.