Short biography of the Minister
Professor Anwar-ul-Haq Ahadi

Professor
Anwar-ul-Haq Ahadi, son of Qazi Abdul
Haq, was born in 1951 in the Sarobi
district of Kabul province.
Prof. Ahadi completed his primary and
secondary education at Hibibiya High
School in Kabul. He earned his
Bachelors and Masters Degrees in
Economics and Political Sciences from
the American University of Beirut in
Lebanon. He also obtained a Masters
Degree in Financial Affairs and
Management as well as a Doctorate in
Political Sciences from the Northwestern
University in the United States.
Prof. Ahadi served as Assistant
Professor of Political Sciences at
Carlton University in 1984. He worked as
Banking Director at the Continental
Elona Bank of Chicago from 1985 to 1987.
He was then Professor of Political
Sciences at Providence University from
1987 to 2002. From 2002 to December
2004, Prof. Ahadi served as the Governor
of Da Afghanistan Bank. In December
2004, he was appointed Minister of
Finance in the new government of
President Karzai.
Prof. Ahadi has published various
articles and essays in national and
foreign academic journals, bulletins and
newspapers as well as several academic
books.