Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal
Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal (born 1952) is Afghanistan's Minister of Economy, and the Head of Hezb-i Islami Afghanistan.[2] He was once allied with Islamist warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, but in 2008 he was elected chairman of a moderate breakaway faction of Hekmatyar's party.[3]
Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal | |
|---|---|
 Arghandiwal in Uruzgan in October 2012. | |
| Economy Minister | |
| In office 16 January 2010 – 9 December 2014 | |
| President | Hamid Karzai |
| Preceded by | Anwar ul-Haq Ahady |
| Chairman of Hezb-i Islami Afghanistan | |
| Assumed office 2008 | |
| Finance Minister | |
| In office 3 July 1996 – 27 September 1996 | |
| President | Burhanuddin Rabbani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1952 (age 67–68) Kabul, Afghanistan[1] |
| Political party | Hezb-i Islami Afghanistan |
Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal earned a BA in economics, before working at the planning ministry in 1977 and then he went to USA. Back in Afghanistan, he fled from the civil war to Pakistan.[4]
He has served as Finance Minister in 1996. Arghandiwal has also served as advisor to President Hamid Karzai over tribal affairs. On January 16, 2010, he was appointed as Minister of Economy by gaining a vote of confidence from the Afghan Parliament.[5][6]
References
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