Anwar ul-Haq Ahady

Anwar ul-Haq Ahady
Ahady in 2009
Minister of Finance
In office
December 2004  February 2009
PresidentHamid Karzai
Preceded byAshraf Ghani Ahmadzai
Succeeded byOmar Zakhilwal
Minister of Commerce and Industry
In office
28 June 2010  November 2013
Preceded byGhulam Mohammad Eylaghi
Succeeded byMohammad Shakir Kargar
Personal details
Born (1951-08-12) August 12, 1951
Jigdalai, Sarobi District, Kabul Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Political partyAfghan Social Democratic Party (Afghan Mellat)
Alma materKabul University Degree in Law

American University in Beirut B.A. & M.A. in Political Science

Northwestern University PhD in Political Science & MBA
OccupationCentral banker
ProfessionPolitician, writer

Anwar ul-Haq Ahady (August 12, 1951) is an Afghan politician and former Minister of Commerce and Industry. He had served as the nation's Finance Minister from December 2004 to February 5, 2009. From 2002 to 2004, he was the head of Da Afghanistan Bank, the central bank of Afghanistan. He is also an academic and writer.