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Resident Representative for Iraq

Gazi Shbaikat

Resident Representative

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P.O. Box 35296 Amman 11180, Jordan

Email: gshbaikat@imf.org
Fax: (962) 6-5861572

Gazi Shbaikat, Resident Representative: Gazi Shbaikat is the IMF Resident Representative for Iraq and Yemen since January 2021. Previously, Mr. Shbaikat worked as Economist and Senior Economist in several countries in the Middle East and Central Asia Department in the IMF since 2010. Between 2006-2009, Shbaikat worked in the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Minister of Labor, Secretary General for the Ministry of Labor, and as Head of the Department of Statistics. He started his career in the Central Bank of Jordan. Mr. Shbaikat holds a master’s and Ph.D. in Economic from the US. His research interests at the Fund include fiscal and monetary policies as well as labor market policies.
Ghadeer Noufal, Economist: Ghadeer is an Economist at the IMF’s Resident Representative Office for Iraq and Yemen. She started her career in EdTech and FinTech startups in Jordan. She then joined the Office of His Majesty King Abdullah II as a researcher and policy analyst in the Economic Directorate. She was seconded as an Advisor to the Minister of Planning and International Cooperation and Minister of Finance, where she worked on a variety of analytical projects such as customs policy, energy policy, and public debt and acted as a focal point to several partners including the IMF and the World Bank. Ghadeer is a MEPI-Tomorrow’s Leaders alumna and holds bachelor’s in Business Administration/Finance and a Master’s in Finance from the American University of Beirut.
Dina Zahran, Economist
Bisan Saadeh, Administrative Assistant