Hassan B. Diab
| Hassan B. Diab | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Education of Lebanon | |
| In office
13 June 2011 – 15 February 2014 | |
| Prime-minister | Najib Mikati |
| Preceded by | Hasan Mneimneh |
| Succeeded by | Elias Abu Saab |
| Vice-president for Regional External Programs at the American University of Beirut | |
| In office
October 2006 - June 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953
Bekaa, Baalbeck, Lebanon |
| Alma mater | Leeds Metropolitan University |
| Profession | Professor |
Hassan B. Diab is the Minister of Education and High Education in Lebanon. He was a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon.
Professional Career
Diab is a chartered engineer in the UK Engineering Council, as well as a registered chartered professional engineer in the National Professional Engineers Register of Australia. He entered into academia and became a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Diab has written and published numerous works over the last 25 years of being in academia, and has written 120 publications for national and international journals. Furthermore, Diab has served as a member of over 50 organizations of international conferences, as well as an honorary member of the Advisory Board of several international biographical organizations. He has received the Fulbright Research Award in 1988 and the Young Arab Scientists Shuman Prize in Engineering in 1992. In 2001, he was a founding member of the First Arab Computer Society. He is also a founding member of the IEEE Student Branch at AUB.
Education
Diab received a B.Sc with Honors in Communications Engineering from the Leeds Metropolitan University in 1981. He then went on to receive a M.Sc with Distinction in Systems Engineering from the University of Surrey. Dr. Diab then received a PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Bath.
Further information
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Hasan Mneimneh | Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
13 June 2011 – 15 February 2014 |
Succeeded by
Elias Abu Saab |
