Hamid al-Bayati
T. Hamid al Bayati (Arabic: حامد البياتي) is an Iraqi diplomat, academic and author.
Ambassador T. Hamid al Bayati | |
|---|---|
| Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations | |
| In office April 2006 – April 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Samir Sumaidaie |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Ali Alhakim |
Bayati earned his bachelor's degree from Baghdad University, his master's degree from Cairo University and a Doctorate in Politics from Manchester University in Manchester, England
From 2004 until 2006 al-Bayat was the deputy foreign minister of Iraq for political affairs and bilateral relations. He then went on to become the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations from 2006 until 2013.[1] In 2006, his initial year in the post, he was elected Chairman of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) of the sixty-first United Nations General Assembly.
Bayati is the author of numerous books including; "From Dictatorship to Democracy An Insider's Account of the Iraqi Opposition to Saddam" published by the University of Pennsylvania Press (2011) with a foreword by Peter Galbraith.[2] He has appeared among other places on the Daily Show hosted by Jon Stewart in support of this volume.[3]
Presently, Bayati is an adjunct professor at Fordham University and Rutgers University[4] and Fordham University[5] and has also taught in recent years at Farleigh Dickinson University.[6] He often teaches on the subject of the United Nations.[7] He is also a senior Consultant on International Issues in the areas of Political science; Middle East affairs; Leadership and Human rights at the Fordham Institute for Research, Service, Teaching (FIRST).[8]
Al-Bayati was a 2017 recipient an Albert Schweitzer Leadership award.[9]
References edit
- ^ "UNA-NY: Worldview Institute Faculty". www.unanyc.org.
- ^ "From Dictatorship to Democracy - Hamid al-Bayati, Peter W. Galbraith". www.upenn.edu.
- ^ "Hamid Al-Bayati - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Video Clip)". Comedy Central. 20 June 2014.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "United Nations is Grist for Summer Course at Lincoln Center Campus". Fordham Newsroom. 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Former Iraqi ambassador will teach a course on the United Nations - Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU)". view2.fdu.edu.
- ^ "Lehigh students meet with Iraqi ambassador". Lehigh University.
- ^ http://www.fordham.edu/download/.../id/.../first_2015.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2017 NYC Albert Schweitzer Awards Honoree- His Excellency, Ambassador T. Hamid al-Bayati". 24 March 2017.