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List of American University of Beirut alumni

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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

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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 president of Afghanistan 2014-2021 [2]
Yousef Pashtun 1973 Minister of urban development (2002, 2004–2009), governor of Kandahar Province (2003) [3]

Armenia

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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

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  • 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

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China

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  • 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

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Iran

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Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith

Iraq

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

Israelis (Mandatory Palestine)

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Japan

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Jordan

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Kuwait

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  • 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

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Angela Jurdak Khoury, Lebanon's First Woman Diplomat

Malaysia

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The Maldives

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Palestine

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Saudi Arabia

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Somaliland

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Sudan

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  • Ismail al-Azhari (1900–1969), (first president of independent Sudan)
  • Yusuf Badri (founder of Al-Ahfad University, Sudan's first private university)
  • Hassan Abdelwahab Mohieldin (Director General of the General Directorate of Pharmacy and The Chief Pharmacist of Sudan 1989-2005)

Syria

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United States

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

Yemen

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References

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  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: 472–473. doi:10.1136/qshc.2004.012591. ISSN 1475-3898. PMC 1743903. PMID 15576711.