Sikandar Sultan Raja
Sikandar Sultan Raja is a retired Pakistani civil servant who serves as the Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan in office since January 2020. He retired from civil service in BPS-22 grade and has the honor of having served at the top bureaucratic positions such as the Railways Secretary, Petroleum Secretary, SAFFRON Secretary, Federal Secretary Aviation and Chief Secretary of both Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Sikandar Sultan Raja سکندر سلطان راجہ | |
|---|---|
| Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan | |
| Assumed office 27 January 2020 | |
| Appointed by | Arif Alvi |
| Railways Secretary of Pakistan | |
| In office November 2018 – December 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Imran Khan |
| Petroleum Secretary of Pakistan | |
| In office 18 April 2017 – 26 August 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Nawaz Sharif |
| Chief Secretary Azad Kashmir | |
| In office January 2016 – April 2017 | |
| Appointed by | Nawaz Sharif |
| Chief Secretary Gilgit-Baltistan | |
| In office April 2014 – April 2015 | |
| Appointed by | Nawaz Sharif |
| Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Punjab | |
| In office January 2012 – May 2012 | |
| Appointed by | Shahbaz Sharif |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bhera, Punjab Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Spouse | Rabab Sikandar |
| Children | Ali and Hamza |
| Parent | Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi |
| Occupation | Career Bureaucrat |
Having credit of highly controversial elections in 2024, Raja belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service and is batchmates with Rizwan Ahmed, Hussain Asghar, Fawad Hasan Fawad and Jawad Rafique Malik. He is the son-in-law of Saeed Mehdi, the former Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan and Chief Secretary Sindh. Sikandar was appointed Chief election commissioner by President Arif Alvi in January 2020.