Rasheed Mohammed Al Maraj is a Bahraini economist and banker, who was the governor of

Central Bank of Bahrain The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) is the central bank of Bahrain. It is a public corporate entity that was established by the ''Central Bank of Bahrain and Financial Institutions Law 2006.'' on 6 September 2006. ''Decree No. 64 of 2006 with res ...

from January 2005 to February 2024. Al Maraj was born in 1955. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from the

University of Houston The University of Houston (; ) is a Public university, public research university in Houston, Texas, United States. It was established in 1927 as Houston Junior College, a coeducational institution and one of multiple junior colleges formed in ...

in 1979, and has additional courses in project evaluation and investment and capital management. Before he started working at the central bank, he worked in several ministries; the Ministry of Industry and Development 1979–80, the Ministry of Finance and National Economy 1981-1995 and the

Ministry of Transportation A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government a ...

1995–1999. From April 1999 to 2005, he was chief executive of the Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP) in

Dammam Dammam (Arabic: الدمام ad-Dammām) is a city and governorate, and the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Located on the coast of the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 1,386,166 as of 2022, making it the country's fifth- ...

, Saudi Arabia.

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Living people 1955 births Place of birth missing (living people) Governors of the Central Bank of Bahrain Bahraini politicians Bahraini economists University of Houston alumni {{bahrain-politician-stub