Name: Taif Sami Mohammed Al-Shakarchi

Place and date of birth: 01.12.1963 / Baghdad – Iraq

Education:
     1. Bachelor of Economics / College of Administration and Economics /               University of Baghdad / June 1985
     2. Arab Planning Institute Diploma / General Program for Planning and             Development 1990 from Kuwait / well regarded
 

First: positions held at the Ministry of Finance
     1. Assist. Observer – Assistant Director General (1985 – 2008)
     2. Director General (2008-2019)
     3. Acting Deputy Minister of Finance  2014
     4. Deputy Minister of Finance (2019 – 01.11.2022)
     5. Minister of Finance (01.11.2022 – to date)
 

Second: Membership in previous boards 
     1. Member of the Committee of Undersecretaries for National Security
     2. Member of the Board of Directors of Aluminum Rolling Mill CO    
     3. Member of the Board of Directors of Pension Fund
     4. Member of the Board of Directors of the Iraqi General Insurance                  Company    
     5. Member of the Re-Export Fund Board    
 

Third: Membership in current boards
     1. Member of the Cabinet
     2. Member of the Economic Cabinet    
     3. Member of the Cabinet for Energy Affairs
     4. Member of the Supreme Council of the Iraqi Fund for Development    
     5. Member of the Supreme Council for Youth
     6. Member of the Supreme Council for Reconstruction and Investment    
     7. Member of the Supreme Council for Housing
     8. Member of the Provincial Coordination Council    
     9. Member of the Supreme Council for the Development Road
   10. Member of the National Security Council    
   11. Chairman of the Iraqi-Saudi Economic Committee
   12. Chairman of the Iraqi-Jordanian-Egyptian Committee    
   13. Member of the Board of Directors of the Arab Investment Company
   14. Member of the OPEC Board of Directors    
 

Governor at:
     1. Governor of Iraq at the OPEC Fund for Development
     2. Governor of Iraq at World Bank    
     3. Governor of Iraq at AIIB
     4. Governor at Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and                          Development    
     5. Governor at The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa                     (BADEA)
     6. Governor at Arab Investment Guarantee and Export Credit    
     7. Governor of Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
     8. Governor at  EBRD    
 

Participation in Meetings and Conferences:
     1. Donors' Conference Madrid / 2003
     2. Donors' Conference Amman / 2005
     3. Conference of Iraqi Economy and the Role of Private Sector and                  Businessmen  / Beirut / 2003
     4. Attending the IMF and World Bank Spring and Annual Meetings                    (2003 - to date)
     5. Attending the third and fourth review meetings of SBA (2006 - to date)
     6. Participation in the joint annual meetings of Arab financial institutions
     7. Participation in the annual meetings of METAC / IMF
     8. Participation in meetings to convert the budget into a program and              performance budget in Morocco, Egypt and Jordan

Awards:
     1. International Women of Courage Award from the U.S. Department of               State.
     2. Certificate of Appreciation from the World Bank for participation in                 the IFMIS Program