Born on 24 October 1982 in Lahore, Prof. Dr. Hussain Mohi-ud-Din Qadri is the President of Minhaj-ul-Quran International (MQI) and a Professor of Economics at Minhaj University Lahore, where he also serves as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Governors. He studied at Aitchison College Lahore, then earned degrees in Economics and Political Science from York University Toronto, an MBA from Sciences Po Paris, a PhD in Economics from Victoria University Melbourne, and an advanced certification in corporate sustainability from Harvard University.
He chairs the Minhaj Education Society, which oversees more than 610 schools and colleges across Pakistan, as well as Aghosh Orphan Care Homes, Al-Mawakhat Islamic Microfinance and Minhaj Halal Certification Pakistan. He has authored around sixty books and more than 100 research articles on Islamic economics, international trade and interfaith dialogue, and has received the Ambassador for Peace Award from both the Universal Peace Federation (UN Austria) and the Tashkent Medical Academy.
A Fellow and Senior Fellow of the University of Melbourne, he has travelled to more than 50 countries for socio-economic, cultural and religious activities, and continues to write on social, political and economic issues for national and international publications.
