Anwar Ali

Anwar Ali (1913–5 November 1974) was a Pakistani economist who was the third governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency. He headed the agency from 1958 to his death in 1974. Ali also held several positions at the ministry of finance in India and Pakistan and at the International Monetary Fund.

Biography Ali was born in 1913 in Dhaunkal Gujranwala into a Jovindah Muslim family.He received a master's degree in Lahore. In this capacity he involved in the preparation of the budget of the Saudi government.

Ali left the IMF in 1958 and was appointed by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Faisal as the governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency on 11 October that year. Ali developed annual report systems and established the investment department of the agency. One of his deputies at the agency was Mohammed bin Faisal, a son of Crown Prince Faisal, from the late 1950s to August 1965. Ali was appointed a member of the Supreme Council on Petroleum in March 1973 when it was established by King Faisal. During the oil crisis the same year Ali reported that some senior Saudi princes did not support the oil embargo due to its potential harmful effects on Saudi Arabia.

Ali was married and the father of two, There he met with the officials of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.