Tariq Bajwa
طارق باجوہ
19th Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
In office 7 July 2017 – 3 May 2019
Appointed by	Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by	Ashraf Mahmood Wathra
Succeeded by	Reza Baqir
Finance Secretary of Pakistan
In office February 2017 – July 2017
Appointed by	Nawaz Sharif
Economic Affairs Secretary of Pakistan
In office November 2015 – July 2017
Appointed by	Nawaz Sharif
Chairman Federal Board of Revenue
In office July 2013 – October 2015
Appointed by	Nawaz Sharif
Personal details
Nationality	Pakistani
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Banker, former civil servant

Tariq Bajwa is a retired Pakistani civil servant who served in BPS-22 grade as the Finance Secretary and Economic Affairs Secretary of Pakistan.^[1] Bajwa also served as the 19th Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan and the 20th Chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue.^[2] He is the only Pakistani who won the Littauer fellowship at Harvard University. He also received a master's degree in Public Administration from the same institution. Bajwa is batchmates with Shehzad Arbab, Sajjad Saleem Hotiana and Babar Yaqoob Fateh Muhammad.

Career

Bajwa served as the governor of the State Bank from 7 July 2017 up till he was asked to resign from the post on 3 May 2019.^[3] Prior to this, he served as a civil servant belonging to the Pakistan Administrative Service.^[4] 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.^[5] He also remained the chairman of Federal Board of Revenue from July 2013 to October 2015.^[6]

He also previously served as Finance Secretary to the Government of Punjab and as Head of Pakistan’s Trade Mission in Los Angeles.^[7]