Omar Zakhilwal
| Omar Zakhilwal | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 3 March 2009 – 1 February 2015 |
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| President |
Hamid Karzai Ashraf Ghani |
| Preceded by | Anwar ul-Haq Ahady |
| Succeeded by | Eklil Ahmad Hakimi |
| Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan | |
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Assumed office 9 February 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Janan Mosazai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 (age 48–49) Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan |
| Alma mater |
University of Winnipeg Queen's University |
| Religion | Islam |
Omar Zakhilwal (Pashto: ډاکتر عمر زاخيلوال ; born 1968) is a politician in Afghanistan, serving as the Finance Minister and Chief Economic Advisor to the President Hamid Karzai. He is also the president of the Afghanistan Cricket Board.
Zakhilwal was born in 1968 in the Nangarhar or Jalalabad of Afghanistan. He is believed to be an ethnic Pashtun. In 1984, at the age of 17, Zakhilwal along with his family fled his country among the Afghan refugees and settled in Peshawar, Pakistan. In 1991, he along with the family immigrated to Canada.
Zakhilwal obtained his Bachelor's degree in economics at the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. He then moved to Kingston, Ontario, where he earned a Master's degree in economics at Queen's University. Soon after that he found a job with Statistics Canada in Ottawa, where he completed a doctorate in economics at Carleton University. He graduated in 2001.
Zakhilwal published numerous articles and research papers on political, economic and social issues related to Afghanistan for newspapers, magazines and journals such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Ottawa Citizen, Wahdat, Forum of Federation Quarterly, Human Rights Tribune, Al-Ehram, Afghan Post, Heela, Dawat, Mujahid Wolus, Afghan Mosaic, and Afghan Mirror. His work is in English, Pashto and Dari, and some of his articles are available on the internet.
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