Shaukat Tarin
Shaukat Fayyaz Ahmed Tarin (Urdu: شوکت ترین; born 1 January 1953) is a Pakistani politician and banker who served as Finance Minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2010 in the Gillani cabinet also and worked with the help of the Pakistan People’s Party's cabinet members. On 27 December 2021, he was appointed the Finance Minister of Pakistan again, replacing the recently appointed Hammad Azhar after a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan Imran Khan. He is the Member of the Senate of Pakistan since March 2018.
Shaukat Tarin شوکت ترین | |
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Tarin in October 2021 | |
| Minister of Finance, Revenue & Economic Affairs | |
| In office 27 December 2021 – 10 April 2022 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Preceded by | Hammad Azhar |
| Succeeded by | Miftah Ismail |
| In office 16 April 2021 – 17 October 2021 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Preceded by | Hammad Azhar |
| Succeeded by | Himself as Advisor |
| In office 8 October 2008 – 22 February 2010 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Preceded by | Naveed Qamar |
| Succeeded by | Naveed Qamar (and he was succeeded by Abdul Hafeez Shaikh) |
| Member of Finance, Revenue & Economic Affairs Committee | |
| Assumed office 18 April 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| President of the Union Bank (Pakistan) | |
| In office 2000 – 2006 Karachi Stock Exchange | |
| Chairman of the Karachi Stock Exchange | |
| In office 2002–2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Shaukat Aziz |
| Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue | |
| In office 17 October 2021 – 27 December 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Member of the Senate of Pakistan | |
| In office 20 December 2021 – 10 December 2023 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Imran Khan Shehbaz Sharif |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shaukat Fayyaz Ahmed Tarin 1 January 1953 Multan, West Pakistan |
| Resting place | Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani (1953-present) |
| Relations | Jahangir Tareen (cousin) |
| Residence | Islamabad, |
| Alma mater | University of the Punjab (MBA), Forman Christian College University |
| Profession | Banker |
On 7 October 2008, he was appointed an adviser to the government and was elevated to the post of finance minister after being elected as a senator from Sindh on 27 July 2009. Tarin resigned from the ministry on 23 February 2010 to "raise equity from the market for Silkbank," which while working at finance ministry was "a clear conflict of interest."
Before his ministerial role, Tarin served as the country manager of Citibank and did tenures as head of Habib Bank, Union Bank, and twice as chairman of Karachi Stock Exchange. He currently sits on the board of Silkbank.
On 17 October 2021, he was appointed Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue. He served as federal minister for finance and revenue till 17 October 2021 because he was unable to be elected as senator.
His name appeared in the Pandora Papers.