Dr. Anwar-Ul-Haq Ahady

Dr. Anwar-Ul-Haq Ahady is the president of the Afghan  Social Democratic Party (also known as the Afghan Mellat Party). Dr. Ahady was born on August 12, 1951   in the village of  Jigdalai,   district of Sarobi, Kabul Province, Afghanistan. His father, Abdul-Haq, was an attorney who served as judge in various district courts, appeal courts, and the    Supreme Court in Afghanistan.  Dr. Ahady   attended elementary schools in Kabul and the  districts of Qara-Bagh and   Tago. He completed his  secondary education at the Habibia High School in Kabul in 1969. While  a  student  at the Raw school in Kabul University,   Dr.  Ahady  received  a  USAID  scholarship   to  complete his undergraduate  studies  in political science and economics at  the   American University of Beirut. Dr. Ahady   obtained  his   BA (with distinction) in 1974   and  his   MA  (in  international   relations)    in   1977 from   the American University of Beirut. Dr. Ahady received a scholarship from the Northwestern University   in Chicago to complete his Ph.D. studies in political science. From Northwestern, Dr. Ahady  obtained his  M.BA in finance and international economics in 1983 and his Ph.D. in political science in 1984.

Dr. Ahady taught political science at Carleton College in Minnesota  for  one  year  and   worked  for Continental Bank in Chicago for two years. In 1987, Dr. Ahady  joined  the  Department  of  Political Science  at Providence  College,  Rhode  Island.  Currently,  at Providence  College, Dr.  Ahady  is  a tenured full professor of  political  science.   Dr. Ahady   teaches  courses  in   Middle   East   politics, international political economy, international relations, and theories of revolutions.

Dr. Ahady has published (in English) quite a few book chapters  and  numerous  academic  papers  in internationally recognized scholarly journals. Dr.  Ahady  has  also  published  numerous  articles  on Middle Eastern and Afghan politics in  leading  US  dailies.   And  Dr.  Ahady  has  published  various analytical and position articles in the Afghan media.

Dr. Ahady was attracted to the Afghan Social Democratic Party (Afghan Mellat) in 1969. Since  then he has been an activist. When he was  a  graduate  student  at  Northwestern  University,  Dr.  Ahady organized numerous demonstrations, in Chicago, against the Soviet  occupation  of  Afghanistan.  Dr. Ahady was elected, by the Party Congress, to the Supreme Council of the Afghan  Democratic  Party (Afghan Mellat) in 1987 and  1990.   And  in  1995,  the  Party  Congress  elected   Dr. Ahady  as  the president of the Afghan Social Democratic Party (Afghan Mellat). Dr. Ahady still serves the  party  in this capacity.