Hedayat Amin Arsala
Afghan economist and politician (born 1942)
Hedayat Amin Arsala (Pashto: هدايت امين ارسلا; 12 January 1942 – 1 November 2025) was an Afghan economist and politician. He served as Vice President of Afghanistan, Finance Minister and Foreign Minister, and until October 2013 was the Senior Minister of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, appointed by the President Hamid Karzai.
Early life and education
An ethnic Pashtun, Arsala grew up in Kabul, Afghanistan, where he attended high school. The powerful family Arsala originated from the Nangarhar Province, with his cousins Haji Abdul Qadeer, Din Mohammad and Abdul Haq and his ancestors Wazir Arsala Khan and Aminullah Khan also stemming from this family. He completed his BA and MA in Economics, also focusing on international relations, at Southern Illinois University in the United States of America. He also completed the course work and qualifying exams for a PhD in Economics at George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. In May 2008, Southern Illinois University conferred an honorary doctorate on Arsala for his distinguished services to Afghanistan.
Career
In 1969, Arsala was the first Afghan to join the World Bank (WB) through the Young Professional Program. He served there for 18 years in several economic and senior operational posts. Active in the resistance against the Soviet occupation since 1979, he left the WB in 1987 to participate full-time in the Afghan struggle. He was a founding member of the National Islamic Front of Afghanistan (NIFA), led by Pir Sayed Ahmad Gailani and a member of the Supreme Council of Mujahideen Unity (formed in February 1980).
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