Abdulla Hassan Saif is a Bahraini banker and

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

. He served as

minister of finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

from May 1999 to January 2005. Since leaving office, he has acted as vice chairman of The Islamic Bank of Asia. Saif was the first Bahraini to lead Bahrain Monetary Authority, first as director-general from 1979 to 1981, and then as appointed governor from 1981 until his appointment as minister of finance in May 1999.

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