List of American University of Beirut alumni

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

  • Brigitta Siefker-Eberle (ambassador to Jordan and former ambassador to Lebanon)

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

  • Ismail al-Azhari (1900–1969), (first president of independent Sudan)
  • Yusuf Badri (founder of Al-Ahfad University, Sudan's first private university)

Syria

United States

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

Yemen

References

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