| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk Seri Dr. |
| Ismail Bakar | |
| Native Name: | Malay: {{Script|Arab|إسماعيل بن حاج بكر |
| Order: | 14th |
| Office: | Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia |
| Term Start: | 29 August 2018 |
| Term End: | 31 December 2019 |
| Primeminister: | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Predecessor: | Ali Hamsa |
| Successor: | Mohd Zuki Ali |
| Office1: | Secretary-General of Treasury (Malaysia) |
| Successor1: | Ahmad Badri Mohd Zahir |
| Predecessor1: | Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah |
| Minister1: | Lim Guan Eng |
| Primeminister1: | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Monarch1: | Muhammad V |
| 1Blankname1: | Deputy Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Amiruddin Hamzah |
| Term End1: | 28 August 2018 |
| Term Start1: | 12 June 2018 |
| Office2: | Secretary-General of Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry (Malaysia) |
| Primeminister2: | Najib Razak |
| Monarch2: | Abdul Halim Muhammad V |
| Minister2: | Ahmad Shabery Cheek |
| 1Blankname2: | Deputy Minister |
| 1Namedata2: | Nogeh Gumbek |
| Term End2: | 11 June 2018 |
| Term Start2: | 16 December 2015 |
| Predecessor2: | Mohd Arif Abdul Rahman |
| Successor2: | Mohd Sallehhuddin Hassan |
| Office3: | Secretary-General of Ministry of Transport (Malaysia) |
| Primeminister3: | Najib Razak |
| Monarch3: | Abdul Halim |
| Minister3: | Hishammuddin Hussein Liow Tiong Lai |
| 1Blankname3: | Deputy Minister |
| 1Namedata3: | Aziz Kaprawi |
| Term Start3: | 18 November 2014 |
| Term End3: | 15 December 2015 |
| Predecessor3: | Long See Wool |
| Successor3: | Saripuddin Kasim |
| Birth Name: | Ismail bin Bakar |
| Birth Date: | 1960 1, df=yes[1] |
| Alma Mater: | University of Malaya University of Hull |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Website: | Official website |
Ismail bin Haji Bakar (Jawi: إسماعيل بن حاج بكر; born 19 January 1960) is the 14th Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia from 29 August 2018 until 31 December 2019.[2]
Ismail holds a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) degree from University of Malaya and a Master of Business Administration degree and a doctorate from the University of Hull, United Kingdom. [3]
Ismail joined the Administrative and Diplomatic Service as an Assistant Secretary at the Federal Treasury, Ministry of Finance on July 1983.[4] He had served as budget director at the National Budget Office of the Ministry of Finance and senior advisor at the World Bank headquarters in Washington DC, United States.[3] On 18 November 2014, He served as Secretary-General of Ministry of Transport.[5] On 16 December 2015, he served as Secretary-General of Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry.[6]
On 12 June 2018, he served as Secretary-General of Treasury to 28 August 2018.[7] On 29 August 2018, he appointed as 14th Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia.[8]