Taif Sami Mohammed

Taif Sami Mohammed al-Shakarchi is an Iraqi politician serving as the minister of finance since 27 October 2022. A career bureaucrat nicknamed "Iron Woman", she has been in the forefront in preventing and deterring budget corruption in Iraq. She was awarded the U.S Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award in 2022.

Early life and education

Al-Shakarchi was born in 1963 in Baghdad. She received a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Baghdad in 1985. In 1990, she received a diploma from the 'Arab Planning Institute' based in Kuwait.

Al-Shakarchi began working in the Ministry of Finance in 1985, starting in budget analysis and eventually working her way up to the position of Deputy Director General of the Budget Department. In 2005 she became the Director General of the Budget Department, and eventually the Deputy Minister of Finance. In October 2022, she was named Minister of Finance.