Abdullah Mubarak Al-Refai (
Arabic
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: الدكتور عبدالله مبارك الرفاعي), (b. 4 Nov. 1937 – d.27 Dec. 2005) was born in
Kuwait
Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the no ...
. Al-Refai became President of
Gulf University for Science and Technology
Gulf University for Science & Technology (GUST) is the first private university established in Kuwait. It has a dual-enrollment agreement with the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
History
The university was to be a supplement to Kuwait Un ...
on 1 December 2003. Prior to
GUST
Gust may refer to:
People
Given name
* Gust Avrakotos (1938–2005), CIA case officer known for the arming of Afghanistan's Mujahideen against the Soviet invasion under Operation Cyclone
* Gust Hagberg (19th-century–20th-century)
* Gust Kunder ...
, Al-Refai was the President of the
Arabian Gulf University
Arabian Gulf University is a university in the city of Manama, in the Kingdom of Bahrain. It is accredited by the Ministry of Education, Bahrain, and governed by Gulf Cooperative Countries, and is a member of Federation of the Universities of t ...
in Bahrain.
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1937 births
2005 deaths
Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians
Academic staff of Kuwait University
Academic staff of the Arabian Gulf University
Alumni of the University of Liverpool
Academic staff of the Gulf University for Science and Technology