Miftah Ismail

Miftah Ismail
Miftah Ismail
مفتاح اسماعیل
	Ismail in 2014
Secretary of Awaam Pakistan
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 6 July 2024
Convener	Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Preceded by	Position Established
Minister of Finance
	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 (age 59); Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Political party	Awaam Pakistan (2024-present)
Other political; affiliations	Pakistan Muslim League (N) (2011-2023)
Alma mater	Duquesne University (B.S); Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D)

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.^[3]^[4] He is the current Secretary of the Awaam Pakistan party, a political party he co-founded alongside former Pakistani prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

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