Eklil Ahmad HAKIMI

   

release time：2017-03-15 12:00:06  view count：104037  source：Boao Forum for Asia

The Minister of Finance of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Eklil Ahmad Hakimi was born in 1968 in Kabul, Afghanistan. He obtained his Master’s degree from the Kabul Polytechnic Institute in 1992. Upon the completion of his studies, Hakimi joined the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Due to the worsening situation in Kabul, Hakimi and his family moved to the United States in 1994. During his time in the U.S., he worked in engineering, banking, management and strategic planning. In 2002, Hakimi returned to Kabul to serve as an advisor to the Finance Ministry of Afghanistan. During this time, he played a significant role in capacity building for the Ministry. In 2003, as a founding member of the Civil Service and Administrative Reform Commission, Hakimi began working to improve the structures of the Afghan government’s administrative and financial institutions. Hakimi was appointed as Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to China in 2005. In 2009, Hakimi began his next appointment as Ambassador to Japan. In March 2010, he returned to Kabul as the Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, and in February 2011, he became Ambassador to the United States. On 28th January 2015, Mr. Eklil Hakimi after obtaining the vote of confidence of the people’s representatives in the Parliament was elected as the Minister of Finance of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.