Ghoulem Berrah

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Ghoulem Berrah
BornMay 29, 1938
DiedMarch 4, 2011
EducationMD and PhD
Alma materIndiana University, Bloomington
Occupation(s)Ambassador
Microbiologist
Physician

Ghoulem Berrah (1938-2011) was an Ivorian ambassador and microbiologist.

Early life and education[edit]

Ghoulem Berrah was born in Aïn Beïda, Algeria on May 29, 1938.[1] After earning his baccalaureate, Berrah started attending his medical school in France. While there he was the co-founder of the Association of North African Muslim Students, an anti-colonial civil rights association, and joined the Algerian Revolution.[2] He received a master's degree in 1961 and PhD in Microbiology from Indiana University, Bloomington in 1963.[1]

Career[edit]

As a physician, Berrah worked in Missour, Morocco for the Ministry of Health.[2] As a researcher, Berrah worked on the process of inhibition in DNA synthesis at the Indiana University. In 1963, he became a professor at the Yale School of Medicine.[2] In 1965, Berrah became an adviser to the Foreign Ministry of Côte d'Ivoire and a close counselor for President Félix Houphouët-Boigny.[2][3] As a part of this work, he was part of the Ivory Coast delegation to United Nations General Assembly, the OAU,[4] and was a special assistant to the president,[5] and later Ambassador, until 1993.[1] In this role, he worked to further the nation's foreign affairs policy,[6] including diplomatic overtures to foreign leaders and working on Israeli-Palestinian relations.[7] In 1966, Berrah was elected to the New York Academy of Sciences.[2] Berrah died on March 4, 2011, in Miami, Florida.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Jeune Afrique - Numéro double - JA2651-2652". Issuu. 17 June 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e "A DREAM FOR PEACE by Ghoulem Berrah | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
  3. ^ Toungara, Jeanne Maddox (1995). "Generational Tensions in the Parti Démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire". African Studies Review. 38 (2): 11–38. doi:10.2307/525316. JSTOR 525316. S2CID 144261604.
  4. ^ "Ghoulem Berrah, un Algérien si particulier !". January 10, 2019.
  5. ^ China (Taiwan), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of (January 1, 1977). "Events from day to day". Taiwan Today.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "A CHACUN SON IMPOSTURE ET SES IMPOSTEURS: A propos de " Les Ouattara, une imposture ivoirienne " de B. Houdin, Editions du Moment, Par Marcel Amondji". Ivoirebusiness.net. October 11, 2015.
  7. ^ Contet-Tollec, Anne. "Un rêve pour la paix - Mémoires". L.D.S Magazine.
  8. ^ "Deaths BERRAH, DR". New York Times.