international organization administrator
Doctor of Medicine, University Alexandria, Egypt.
Post-graduate training and qualifications. Medical practitioner Scotland. Professor, dean Mustansiriya University Faculty Medicine, Baghdad, Iraq.
Regional advisor non-communicable diseases, Eastern Mediterranean regional office World Health Organization, representative in Oman, director, division health systems development in the Eastern Mediterranean region, director non-communicable diseases prevention & director, department non-communicable diseases management Geneva, 1998—2001, representative in Jordan, 2001—2003, representative of the director general, assistant director general health action in crises Geneva, 2005—2008, assistant director general non-communicable diseases and mental health, since 2008. Minister education, minister health Government of Iraq, Baghdad, 2003—2005.