Mohammad Qayoumi | |
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Finance Minister | |
In office July 2018[1] – March 2020[2] | |
Preceded by | Eklil Ahmad Hakimi |
Succeeded by | Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal |
Chief Adviser on Infrastructure and Technology to the President of Afghanistan | |
In office 2015 – March 2020 | |
28th President of San José State University[3] | |
In office July 1, 2011 – August 17, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Don Kassing |
Succeeded by | Susan Martin |
4th President of California State University, East Bay[4] | |
In office 2006–2011 | |
Preceded by | Norma Rees |
Succeeded by | Leroy Morishita |
Personal details | |
Born | Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi December 14, 1952 Kabul, Afghanistan |
Alma mater | University of Cincinnati (Ph.D., M.B.A., M.S., M.S.) American University of Beirut (B.S.)[5] |
Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi (born December 14, 1952)[6][7] is an engineer and professor who formerly served as acting Minister of Finance and as the Chief Adviser on Infrastructure and Technology to the President of Afghanistan.[8] He previously served as President of San José State University where he was appointed on March 23, 2011.[9] Prior to that, he served as the fourth president of California State University, East Bay. He has worked in university administration for more than 30 years and has a background in both engineering and business. Qayoumi was born in Afghanistan and is the first Afghan-American to head a major U.S. university.[10]
In June 2010, Qayoumi contributed a photo essay to Foreign Policy magazine about Afghanistan in the 1960s, which led to an interview on the NPR program Morning Edition (aired June 18, 2010).
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