The arrest of the Qatari Minister of Finance on charges of harming public money and abusing power

Qatari Finance Minister Ali Sharif Al-Emadi.

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Today, Thursday, the Qatar News Agency announced the arrest of Minister of Finance Ali Sharif Al-Emadi, and his question about the reports of crimes related to the civil service.

"Qena" quoted the statement of the Attorney General's office: After reviewing the papers and the reports attached to them, the Public Prosecutor ordered the arrest of Minister of Finance Ali Sharif Al-Emadi, and asked him about what was raised in the reports of crimes related to the public office, such as damaging public money, exploiting the job, and abuse Use of power.

The Public Prosecutor, after reviewing the papers and the reports attached to them, orders the arrest of Minister of Finance Ali Sharif Al-Emadi, and asking him about the crimes related to the public office, and he also ordered the opening of extensive investigations into the crimes raised by the submitted papers.

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- Qatar News Agency (@ QatarNewsAgency) May 6, 2021

According to the statement, the Attorney General ordered the opening of extensive investigations into the crimes raised with the submitted papers.

Al-Emadi is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Qatar Financial Center, a member and secretary general of the Supreme Council for Economic Affairs and Investment, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Qatar National Bank and Qatari Diar.

He is Vice Chairman of the Board of "Ooredoo" and Chairman of the Executive Board of "Qatar Airways", a member of the Board of Directors of the "Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy" and "Lycee Voltaire" in Doha, and "Qatar Foundation", and a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation's Executive Committee and the Board of Directors Qatar Investment Authority and Chairman of the Investment Committee.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of "Qatar Petroleum", "Industries Qatar", "Sidra Center for Medicine and Research" and Chairman of the Finance Committee in the same center, in addition to being a Governor of the "Islamic Development Bank", "OPEC Fund for International Development", and The Arab Monetary Fund, the International Monetary Fund, and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

He has more than 20 years of experience in the banking sector, where he held the position of CEO of "Qatar National Bank Group", and previously worked in the Banking Supervision Department at Qatar Central Bank.

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