Alaa Abdessaheb al-Alwan

Ala Abdessaheb al-Alwan (born 1949) was Minister of Education in the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003, and Minister of Health in the Iraqi Interim Government.

Education and career

Alwan graduated in Medicine from the University of Alexandria. He practiced medicine in Scotland and obtained his postgraduate training and qualifications in the United Kingdom. Following his return to Iraq, he held several positions in clinical and academic medicine and public health. He was Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad.^[1]

He left Iraq in 2005 back to the World Health Organization (WHO) as Assistant Director General based in Geneva, Switzerland. In October 2011, he was elected by Member States for the position of Regional Director of the World Health Organization Region of the Eastern Mediterranean (covering Arab countries, Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan). His appointment was confirmed by the WHO Executive Board in January 2012.

Other activities

• DCP3, Member of the Advisory Committee to the Editors^[2]
• Lancet-O'Neill Institute Georgetown University Commission on Global Health and Law, Member^[3]

References

• BBC News (2003-09-01). "Iraq's post-war cabinet". Retrieved 2006-02-24. 
• BBC News (2004-06-01). "Interim Iraqi government". Archived from the original on 25 January 2006. Retrieved 2006-02-24. 

1. ↑ "Lancet-O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University Commission on Global Health and Law". Lancet-O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University Commission on Global Health and Law. Georgetown University. Retrieved 5 August 2016. 
2. ↑ Advisory Committee Disease Control Priorities Project.
3. ↑ "Lancet-O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University Commission on Global Health and Law". Lancet-O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University Commission on Global Health and Law. Georgetown University. Retrieved 5 August 2016.