Serwan Muhammad J. Baban

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FGS (born 1958) is a Kurdish technocrat who served as Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources in the

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from 2012 to 2014. Currently he is the Chief Scientific Advisor for the Council of Ministers, Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq. Previously he was the Vice-Chancellor of Cihan University from December 2014 to April 2017. Professor Baban was educated at the

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(BSc, MSc) and at the

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(PhD, 1991). He subsequently worked as a research associate at the

, before holding academic posts at the

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in the UK, the

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and

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, Australia. He was awarded a Doctor of Science Degree from the University of East Anglia in 2010. He previously served as Vice-Chancellor of the

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from 2009 to 2012.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baban, Serwan 1958 births Living people University of Baghdad alumni Alumni of the University of East Anglia Academics of the University of East Anglia Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society Fellows of the Geological Society of London Academic staff of Southern Cross University Iraqi Kurdistani politicians Kurdish academics