Sikandar Sultan Raja

Sikandar Sultan Raja سکندر سلطان راجہ
Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan
Incumbent
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	2
Parent	Sultan Ahmed
Occupation	Career Bureaucrat

Sikandar Sultan Raja is a retired Pakistani civil servant who has been the Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan since January 2020.^[1] Raja belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service and is batchmates with Rizwan Ahmed, Hussain Asghar and Fawad Hasan Fawad.^[2][3]

He retired from civil service in BPS-22 grade, having worked in senior bureaucratic positions such as the Railways Secretary, Petroleum Secretary, SAFFRON Secretary, Federal Secretary Aviation and Chief Secretary of both Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.^[4]

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.^[5]