Dr. Saleh Mohammad Al Nabit

Saleh bin Mohammed Al-Nabit (Arabic: سعادة الدكتور صالح بن محمد النابت) is a Qatari government official who serves on the Cabinet of Qatar as the Minister of Development Planning and Statistics. He was appointed to the position in June 2013.

Before being appointed to his current post, he served as the Secretary-General of the General Secretariat for Development Planning. He has published research papers and studies in the areas of planning, economic and social development, and the economics of banks and financial institutions. He went on to attain a master's degree in business administration (with distinction) from Saint Louis University in the US and a PhD in development economics from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom.

Career

Early career He worked at the Qatar Central Bank for a brief period before he started teaching economics and finance courses at Qatar University in 1993. In addition to teaching courses, he was a member of the board of directors for both the university and the department. He stopped teaching classes at Qatar University in 2008. In December 2014, he announced that the ministry would implement a modern statistics systems to assist in development and planning strategies. He also stated that the ministry was working on implementing a simplified population census system.