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 Anwar-ul
Haq Ahadi is the head of the Afghan Social Democratic Party (Afghan Mellat), and
currently the Minister of Commerce and Industries. He previously served as
Finance Minister until he submitted his resignation in late December 2008.
Karzai replaced Ahadi with Omar Zakhilwal. Then on February 3, 2009, Ahadi announced he would be running against President
Karzai in the 2009 presidential elections. He later dropped out and threw his
support behind President Karzai.
Below is a brief biography distributed by the Office of the Spokesperson of
the President when Ahadi was initially appointed as Minister of Finance.
Dr. Anwar-ul Haq Ahadi, son of Abdul Haqhas, earned his
Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the American University of
Beirut in Lebanon in Economics and Political Sciences. He received
a Master's degree in Fiscal Affairs and Management and a PhD in
Political Science from Northwestern University.
H.E. Dr. Ahadi has served as an Assistant Professor of Political
Sciences at Carlton University in the United States. From 1985 to
1987, he served as the Banking Director of Continental Elona of
Chicago. From 1987 to 2002, he served as a Professor of Political
Science at Providence University in Rhode Island.
From 2002 to 2004, he served as the Director of Da Afghanistan Bank (Central Bank of Afghanistan). Dr. Ahadi has written many publications in academic journals, books and popular dailies of the
United States and speaks Pashto, Dari and English.
by Abdullah Qazi / February 16, 2009
Last updated February 21, 2011 | 
