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Dr. Ashraf Ghani (PhD) served as adviser to the President of Afghanistan and then Finance Minister, at the end of 2001, he had spent years in academia studying state-building and social transformation, and a decade in executive positions at the World Bank trying to effect policy in these two fields. In just 30 months, he carried out radical and effective reforms (a new currency, new budget, new tariffs, etc.) and was instrumental in preparing for the elections of October 2004.

In 2006, he was a candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as Secretary General of the United Nations. He served as the Chancellor of Kabul University, where he implemented a program on state effectiveness. His message to the world: "Afghanistan should not be approached as a charity, but as an investment."

He is founder and director of the Institute for State Effectiveness, which examines the relationships among citizens, the state and the market. The ISE advises countries, companies and NGOs; once focused mainly on Afghanistan, its mission has expanded to cover the globe.

Ghani's management skills, which sparked an economic revival in post-Taliban Afghanistan, earned him Asia's vote as the best finance minister on the continent.

He is regarded as an individual having significant understanding and experience of fixing a failed state and is known as the most qualified candidate for the 2009 Presidential Elections.

Let’s join hands to support Dr. Ghani become President of Afghanistan and be part of history in Afghanistan.