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,

Kabul province Kabul (Persian: ), situated in the east of the country, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. The capital of the province is Kabul city, which is also Afghanistan's capital and largest city. The population of the Kabul Province is ...

, Afghanistan. He is the son of ''Abdul Haqhas'', a Pashtun people, Pashtun and native of the Surobi District (Kabul), Sarobi district in Kabul province. Ahady holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Ph.D in political science from the post-graduate faculty of Northwestern University, in Evanston, Illinois, north of Chicago. 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.

Careers

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 Church, Catholic university in Providence, Rhode Island, from 1987 to 2002. After the removal of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001), 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.

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

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, - {{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