Tariq Bajwa

Tariq Bajwa
19th Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
Assumed office
7 July 2017
Appointed by Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by Ashraf Mahmood Wathra
Finance Secretary of Pakistan
In office
February 2017 – July 2017
Appointed by Nawaz Sharif
Economic Affairs Secretary of Pakistan
In office
July 2017 – November 2015
Appointed by Nawaz Sharif
Chairman Federal Board of Revenue
In office
July 2013 – October 2015
Appointed by Nawaz Sharif
Personal details
Alma mater Harvard University
Occupation Banker, former civil servant

Tariq Bajwa is the 19th and current Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan.[1] He is the third bureaucrat to be appointed as head of the central bank. He is the only Pakistani who won the Littauer fellowship at Harvard University. He also received a MPA from the same institution. Bajwa has previously served as the Economic Affairs Secretary of Pakistan.[2]

Career

Bajwa took over the responsibilities as Governor of the State Bank on 7 July 2017. Prior to this, he served as a civil servant belonging to the Pakistan Administrative Service.[3] He served as the Economic Affairs Secretary of Pakistan from November 2015 to February 2017, and as Finance Secretary of Pakistan from February 2017 to July 2017.[4] He also remained the chairman of Federal Board of Revenue from July 2013 to October 2015.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Tariq Bajwa named as new SBP governor". Tribune.com.pk. 7 July 2017.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "Finance secretary's hiring delayed as lobbying in full swing". Tribune.com.pk. 2 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Tariq Bajwa appointed as Finance Secretary". Pakistantoday.com.pk.
  5. ↑ "Tariq Bajwa". Customstoday.com.pk.
  • "State Bank of Pakistan". Sbp.org.pk. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
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