Ajmal Ahmady
Ajmal Ahmady اجمل احمدی | |
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Ajmal Ahmady | |
| Governor of Da Afghanistan Bank | |
| In office 3 June 2020 – 15 August 2021 | |
| President | Ashraf Ghani |
| Succeeded by | Haji Mohammad Idris (acting) |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | |
| In office 6 February 2019 – 3 June 2020 | |
| President | Ashraf Ghani |
| Succeeded by | Nisar Ahmad Ghoryani |
| Senior Economic Advisor | |
| In office 30 January 2014 – 6 February 2019 | |
| President | Ashraf Ghani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 April 1978 Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (MBA, MPA/ID) University of California, Los Angeles (BSc) |
| Profession | Economist |
Ajmal Ahmady (Persian/Pashto: اجمل احمدی) is an Afghan-American economist and politician who formerly served as the Acting Governor of the Central Bank of Afghanistan, Da Afghanistan Bank, the Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry of Afghanistan, the Senior Economic Advisor to the President of Afghanistan, and represented Afghanistan on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline.
He was born in Afghanistan and grew up in the United States. He studied at Harvard University, and worked in the fields of economic development and investment management before returning to Afghanistan in 2014 to work in senior positions within the Afghan government.