Anwar Al-Huq Ahady

Background

Ahady, Anwar Al-Huq was born on August 12, 1951 in Jigdalai, Sarobi District, Afghanistan. Son of Abdul Haq.

Education

Ahady holds a Master of Business Administration (Master of Business Administration) and a Doctor of Philosophy in political science from the post-graduate faculty of Northwestern University, in Evanston, Illinois, north of Chicago.

Career

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

He is the son of Abdul Haqhas, a Pashtun and native of the Sarobi district in Kabul province.

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. Ahady served as an assistant professor of political science at Carleton College, in Northfield, Minnesota, in the United States, and as the banking director of Continental Elona of Chicago from 1985 to 1987.

He was a professor of political science at Providence College, a Catholic university in Providence, Rhode Island, from 1987 to 2002. After the removal of the Taliban government and the formation of the Karzai administration in late 2001, Ahady was chosen as the head of Afghanistan"s central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank.

He has many writings in academic journals, books, and popular dailies of the United States.

Ahady is currently the elected leader of Afghan Social Democratic Party (Afghan Mellat).

Achievements

• Anwar First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Huq Ahady has been listed as a noteworthy banker, finance minister, finance educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Fatima Gailani.

Father:

Abdul Haq Ahady

Spouse:

Fatima Gailani.