• Minister of Planning of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) since October 2009.
   
• Senior Adviser to the KRG Prime Minister 2002-2009. 
   
• Deputy Minister of Health and Social Affairs in KRG 1996-2001. 
   

Ali Sindi, a medical doctor and specialized surgeon also holds master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University and diploma in administration and leadership from Yale University.