Dr. Anwar-Ul-Haq Ahady

Minister of Commerce & Industries

Dr. Anwar-Ul-Haq Ahady son of Qazi Abdul Haq was born in 1951 in the Sarobi district of Kabul Province.Dr. Ahady completed his primary and secondary education at Habibia High School in Kabul. He earned his Bachelor and Master Degrees in Economics and Political Sciences from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. He also obtained a Master Degree in Financial Affairs and Management as well as a Doctorate in Political Sciences from the Northwestern University in the United States.

Dr.Ahady served as Assistant Professor of Political Sciences at Carlton University in 1984. He worked as Banking Director at the Continental Elona Bank of Chicago from 1985 to 1987. He was then Professor of Political Sciences at Providence University from 1987 to 2002. From 2002 to December 2004,Dr.Ahady served as the Governor of Da Afghanistan Bank. In December 2004, he was appointed Minister of Finance in the new government of President Karzai.

Dr.Ahady has published various articles and essays in national and foreign academic journals, bulletins and newspapers as well as several academic books.