Abdul Qadir Fitrat

Abdul Qadir Fitrat (/ˈæbdʊl kəˈdɪər ˈfɪtræt/ (listen)) was governor of Da Afghanistan Bank from 2007 to 2011.[1] He fled to the United States and is now wanted by the Afghani government. He is currently residing among the large Afghan-American community in Northern Virginia.

Abdul Qadir Fitrat
Governor of Da Afghanistan Bank
In office
2007–2011
Preceded byNoorullah Delwari
Succeeded byNoorullah Delwari
Personal details
BornBadakhshan Province, Afghanistan

Fitrat was born in Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan, he belongs to the Tajik ethnic group. He attended primary school in his native province and secondary school in Kabul. He then moved to Pakistan and received a degree in economics from the International Islamic University. He immigrated to the United States and earned a masters from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. By the late 1990s he began working for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington. Between 2000 and 2001, he worked for First Union National Bank in Northern Virginia and later for the World Bank. During the Karzai administration, he was appointed as the governor of Afghanistan's central bank.

Kabul Bank scandal and fleeing the country
Further information: Kabul Bank

Fitrat became one of the main figures after the 2010 Kabul Bank scandal, when its chairman Sherkhan Farnood and other insiders were spending the bank's $1 billion for their own personal lavish style living as well as lending money under the table to family, relatives and friends. In June 2011, the Afghan government issued an arrest warrant for Fitrat.[2] In October 2012, Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered Fitrat to return from the U.S. to Afghanistan.

References
  1. "Database". www.afghan-bios.info.
  2. Afghanistan issues arrest warrant for central bank's former governor Associated Press, The Guardian. 28 June 2011.
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