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The American University of Beirut is a private international university which has its campus in Beirut, Lebanon. As of January 2020, the university has 9,495 students, 1,214 faculty and over 70,000 alumni.[1]

Afghanistan

Name Class year Notability Ref(s)
Anwar ul-Haq Ahady 1973 Minister of Commerce and Industry (2010–2013), Minister of Finance (2004–2009)
Farouq Azam 1973 chairman, Movement for Peaceful Transformation of Afghanistan. Ex-minister of education, ex-minister of refugees & repatriates
Ashraf Ghani 1973 Incumbent president of Afghanistan [2]
Yousef Pashtun 1973 Minister of urban development (2002, 2004–2009), governor of Kandahar Province (2003) [3]

Armenia

Name Class year Notability Ref(s)
Avedis Donabedian 1944 Armenian doctor and pioneer in study of health care, known for the Donabedian model [4]

Bahrain

  • Yusuf Al-Shirawi (former minister of trade and industry)
  • Ali Fakhro (former minister health between 1972 and 1982, and education between 1982 and 1995. The first Bahraini medical doctor)
  • Abdulrahman Mohammed Jamsheer (leading businessman and chairman of the foreign affairs, defence and national security of the Shura Council in the Kingdom of Bahrain)
  • Amal Joseph Mousa Zabaneh (currently dean at the University of Bahrain-College of Health Sciences, director of Quality and Excellence Centre 2010–2017 – Arabian Gulf University, associate dean of the College of Health Sciences 1999–2004, head analyst head registration and student affairs 1983–1998, Bahrain Flour Mills 1980–1982 Bahrain)

Canada

China

  • Ma Haide (1910–1988) (doctor credited with eradication of leprosy and many venereal diseases in China, first foreigner granted citizenship in the People's Republic of China, did clinical training at AUB)

Germany

Iran

Iraq

AUB Alumni and former Prime Minister of Iraq Sa'dun Hammadi

Israel

Japan

Jordan

Kuwait

  • Abdul Rahman Al Awadhi (former minister of health)
  • Ahmad Al Khatib (one of the earliest parliamentarians)
  • Rula Dashti (Cabinet minister – one of the first four women members of Parliament – Transferred to California State University – Chico during the Lebanese War)

Lebanon

Malaysia

The Maldives

Palestine

Saudi Arabia

Somaliland

Sudan

Syria

United States

AUB alumni and American ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad at the World Economic Forum

Yemen

References

  1. ^ American University of Beirut Facts and Figures 2020 (PDF) (Report). American University of Beirut. January 2020. pp. 4, 19, 33.
  2. ^ "Afghanistan's Ashraf Ghani in key dates". The Express Tribune. Agence France-Presse. December 22, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  3. ^ Adamec, Ludwig W. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan. Historical Dictionaries series. Scarecrow Press. p. 339. ISBN 978-0-8108-7815-0.
  4. ^ Best, M (2004). "Avedis Donabedian: father of quality assurance and poet" (PDF). Quality and Safety in Health Care. 13 (6). BMJ: 472. doi:10.1136/qshc.2004.012591. ISSN 1475-3898.

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