Ghoulem Berrah

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

Ghoulem Berrah
BornMay 29, 1938
Aïn Beïda, Algeria
DiedMarch 4, 2011
Miami, Florida
EducationMD and PhD
Alma materIndiana University, Bloomington
OccupationAmbassador
Microbiologist
Physician

Early life and education

Ghoulem Berrah was born in Aïn Beïda, Algeria on May 29, 1938.[1] After earned his baccalaureate Berrah attended medical school in France. While there he was a cofounder 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

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
  1. "Jeune Afrique - Numéro double - JA2651-2652". Issuu.
  2. "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.
  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.
  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.
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