Anwar ul-Haq Ahady | |
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Ahady in 2009
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Minister of Finance | |
In office December 2004 – February 2009 |
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President | Hamid Karzai |
Preceded by | Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai |
Succeeded by | Omar Zakhilwal |
Minister of Commerce and Industry | |
In office 28 June 2010 – November 2013 |
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Preceded by | Ghulam Mohammad Eylaghi |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Shakir Kargar |
Personal details | |
Born |
Jigdalai, Sarobi District, Kabul Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan (Now Afghanistan) |
August 12, 1951
Nationality | Afghan |
Political party | Afghan Social Democratic Party (Afghan Mellat) |
Alma mater |
Kabul University Degree in Law American University in Beirut B.A. & M.A. in Political Science Northwestern University PhD in Political Science & MBA |
Occupation | Central banker |
Profession | Politician, writer |
Kabul University Degree in Law American University in Beirut B.A. & M.A. in Political Science
Anwar ul-Haq Ahady (August 12, 1951) is a politician in Afghanistan, formerly serving as Afghan Minister of Commerce and Industry. He had served as the nation's Finance Minister from December 2004 to February 5, 2009. Prior to that he held the position as head of Da Afghanistan Bank, the central bank of Afghanistan. He is also prominent academic and writer.
Ahady was born on 12 August 1951 in Sarobi, Kabul province, Afghanistan. He is the son of Abdul Haqhas, a Pashtun and native of the Sarobi district in Kabul province. Ahady holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Ph.D in political science from the post-graduate faculty of Northwestern University, in Evanston, Illinois, north of Chicago. He earned a Bachelor's degree as well as a Master's degree in economics and political science from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon.