Preceded by Samir Sumaidaie | Succeeded by Mohamed Ali Alhakim | |
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Books From Dictatorship to Democracy: An Insider's Account of the Iraqi Opposition to Saddam | ||
T. Hamid al Bayati 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
He was the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations from 2006 until 2013. 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 Democracy An Insider's Account of the Iraqi Opposition to Saddam" published by the University of Pennsylvania Press (2011) with a foreword by Peter Galbraith. He has appeared among other places on the Daily Show hosted by Jon Stewart in support of this volume.
Presently, Bayati is an adjunct professor at Rutgers University and Fordham University and has also taught in recent years at Farleigh Dickinson University. He often teaches on the subject of the United Nations. 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.