2. Previous Functions:
Second Deputy Governor of Da Afghanistan Bank

3. Biodata:
Muhammad Qaseem Rahimi Mohammad Qasim Rahimi, was born 1982 in Afghanistan. He has obtained his bachelor degree in business administration from Hamdard university of Karachi-Pakistan in 2002 and master degree in banking and finance from Islamic university of Malaysia in 2008. Before joining Da Afghanistan Bank, Rahimi worked as chief financial officer in Action Against Hunger organization. Rahimi made his debut in central bank of Afghanistan in 2004 and has served in different departments of the bank. He was first appointed as financial analyst in market operation department and later on as per demand of the management of the bank, promoted to exchange rate and investment manager.
 

After obtaining masters degree, Qaseem Rahimi was appointed as deputy director general of financial supervision department where he undertook the roles of supervising the commercial banks in Afghanistan. Subsequently, considering his financial and banking experiences, the executive board of the bank promoted his position to director general in directorate general of supervision department.
 

Rahimi has also functioned as director general of risk management department of Da Afghanistan Bank for less than a year following which he was appointed as acting comptroller general on 18/02/2013. Later on, as per the suggestion of Audit Committee of the Supreme Council of Da Afghanistan Bank, Rahimi was approved as Comptroller General of Da Afghanistan Bank.
 

Eventually, Muhammad Qaseem Rahimi is appointed as Second Deputy Governor of Da Afghanistan Bank based on Supreme Council's approval number 39 dated 13/07/2016.

Muhammad Qaseem Rahimi was one of 21 Afghans convicted on March 6, 2013 by a Special Tribunal appointed by President Karzai for crimes associated with the Kabul Bank fraud, by which Afghanistan’s largest bank channeled virtually all of its almost one billion U.S dollars worth of depositor money to a handful of its owners and their friends.

Mohammad Qasim Rahimi, second deputy of Da Afghanistan Bank, said in a Facebook post that Ajmal Ahmadi, the acting head of the bank, had dismissed him “illegally.”(20200626)