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Taif Sami’s reform credentials will be put to the ultimate test as she takes over Finance Ministry

Taif Sami’s reform credentials will be put to the ultimate test as she takes over Finance Ministry

Oct 29, 2022
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Taif Sami, the long-time Ministry of Finance official takes the helm as one of three female ministers in Muhammad al-Sudani’s cabinet. The Baghdad University graduate has worked in the finance ministry since 1985 and became director general of the budget department in 2010 (serving as acting DG between 2008-2010) before being appointed deputy minister in 2019. A divisive figure that is seen by some as an outdated bureaucrat, and by others as a strong-minded and competent technocrat, Sami’s performance as finance minister will be closely scrutinised to see if she has the will to undertake much-needed reforms.

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