Al-Hassan Conteh
{{Short description|Liberian diplomat and academic}}
Dr. Al-Hassan Conteh is a Liberian academic and was the President of the University of Liberia. Conteh earned his doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania in 1993.
Faculty experience
Prof. Conteh has previously been a member of the African Studies Center of the University of Pennsylvania and the Geography and Urban Studies Department at Temple University. Conteh was also a Research Fellow at the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethno-political Conflict at Pennsylvania from 2001 to 2005. He served as the University of Liberia's 12th president from 1 December 2004,Gray, Josephus Moses. [http://theperspective.org/2004/dec/alhassanconteh.html "Dr. Al-Hassan Conteh Inaugurated as the Twelfth President of the University of Liberia"], The Perspective, 8 December 2004. until 2008 and was succeeded by Dr. Emmett Dennis.{{cite news|title=Liberia; New UL President Meets Pres. Johnson-Sirleaf|last=The Analyst|date=November 19, 2008|work=Africa News}} Conteh is now Liberia's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). [https://web.archive.org/web/20110722012924/http://news.ecowas.int/presseshow.php?nb=117&lang=en&annce=2009 ECOWAS][http://www.allafrica.com/stories/200911060559.html All Africa]
Sources
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070622062441/http://www.psych.upenn.edu/sacsec/people/postdoc.htm Biography at unpenn.edu]
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Category:University of Liberia alumni
Category:Presidents of the University of Liberia
Category:Ambassadors of Liberia to Nigeria
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