Anwar ul-Haq Ahady (August 12, 1951) is a

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Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

, formerly serving as Afghan Minister of Commerce and Industry. He had served as the nation's

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from December 2004 to February 5, 2009. Prior to that he held the position as head of Da Afghanistan Bank, the

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of Afghanistan, from 2002 to 2004. He is also prominent

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and writer.

Early years

Ahady was born on 12 August 1951 in Sarobi,

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, Afghanistan. He is the son of ''Abdul Haqhas'', a

Pashtun Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...

and native of the Sarobi district in Kabul province. Ahady holds a

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(MBA) and a

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political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

from the post-graduate faculty of

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

, in

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, north of

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. He earned a

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as well as a

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economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

and

from the American University of Beirut in

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Careers

Ahady served as an assistant professor of political science at Carleton College, in

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, in the

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, 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

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, from 1987 to 2002. After the removal of the

Taliban government The government of Afghanistan, officially called the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is the central government of Afghanistan, a unitary state. Under the leadership of the Taliban, the government is a theocracy and an emirate with political powe ...

and the formation of the

Karzai administration Hamid Karzai (; Pashto/ fa, حامد کرزی, , ; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan statesman who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from July 2002 to September 2014, including as the first elected president of the Islamic Repu ...

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.

Political affiliation

Ahady is currently the elected leader of the Afghan Millat Party.

Works

*"The Decline of the Pashtuns in Afghanistan", Anwar-ul-Haq Ahady, ''

Asian Survey ''Asian Survey: A Bimonthly Review of Contemporary Asian Affairs'' is a bimonthly academic journal of Asian studies published by the University of California Press on behalf of the Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of California, ...

'', Vol. 35, No. 7. (Jul., 1995), pp. 621–634.

References

External links

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahady, Anwar ul-Haq 1951 births Living people Finance Ministers of Afghanistan Industry ministers of Afghanistan Trade ministers of Afghanistan Governors of Da Afghanistan Bank Afghan Millat Party politicians Pashtun people Pashtun nationalists