Hamid al-Bayati explained

Honorific-Prefix:Ambassador
T. Hamid al Bayati
Office:Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations
Term Start:April 2006
Term End:April 2013
Predecessor:Samir Sumaidaie
Successor:Mohamed Ali Alhakim

T. Hamid al Bayati (Arabic: حامد البياتي) is an Iraqi diplomat, academic and author.

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 DemocracyAn 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UNA-NY: Worldview Institute Faculty. www.unanyc.org. 2016-02-03. 2018-07-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20180728071246/http://www.unanyc.org/worldview_institute/faculty/al-bayati.html. dead.
  2. Web site: From Dictatorship to Democracy - Hamid al-Bayati, Peter W. Galbraith. www.upenn.edu.
  3. Web site: Hamid Al-Bayati - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Video Clip). https://web.archive.org/web/20161201095147/http://www.cc.com/video-clips/oyjzbm/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-hamid-al-bayati. dead. December 1, 2016. Comedy Central. 20 June 2014 .
  4. Web site: Rutgers Brings 21st Global Challenges to the Classroom . 2016-02-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150910111548/http://sas.rutgers.edu/news-a-events/feature-archive/1775-students-prepare-to-take-on-global-challenges-of-the-21st-century . 2015-09-10 .
  5. Web site: United Nations is Grist for Summer Course at Lincoln Center Campus. 23 June 2015. Fordham Newsroom.
  6. Web site: Former Iraqi ambassador will teach a course on the United Nations - Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU). view2.fdu.edu.
  7. Web site: Lehigh students meet with Iraqi ambassador. Lehigh University.
  8. http://www.fordham.edu/download/.../id/.../first_2015.pdf{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}
  9. Web site: 2017 NYC Albert Schweitzer Awards Honoree- His Excellency, Ambassador T. Hamid al-Bayati. 24 March 2017. 28 July 2018. 28 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180728071435/http://blog.hoby.org/2017-nyc-albert-schweitzer-awards-honoree-ambassador-t-hamid-al-bayati/. dead.