Ghoulem Berrah
{{Infobox person
| name = Ghoulem Berrah
| image = Ghoulem Berrah photograph.jpg
| birth_date = May 29, 1938
| death_date = March 4, 2011
| birth_place = Aïn Beïda, Algeria
| death_place = Miami, Florida
| education = MD and PhD
| alma_mater = Indiana University, Bloomington
| occupation = Ambassador
Microbiologist
Physician
}}
Ghoulem Berrah (1938-2011) was an Ivorian ambassador and microbiologist.
Early life and education
Ghoulem Berrah was born in Aïn Beïda, Algeria on May 29, 1938.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/difcom/docs/ja_2651-2652/47|title=Jeune Afrique - Numéro double - JA2651-2652|website=Issuu|date=17 June 2013 }} After earning his baccalaureate, Berrah started attending his medical school in France. While there he was the co-founder of the Association of North African Muslim Students, an anti-colonial civil rights association, and joined the Algerian Revolution.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ghoulem-berrah/a-dream-for-peace/|title=A DREAM FOR PEACE by Ghoulem Berrah | Kirkus Reviews|via=www.kirkusreviews.com}} He received a master's degree in 1961 and PhD in Microbiology from Indiana University, Bloomington in 1963.
Career
As a physician, Berrah worked in Missour, Morocco for the Ministry of Health. As a researcher, Berrah worked on the process of inhibition in DNA synthesis at the Indiana University. In 1963, he became a professor at the Yale School of Medicine. In 1965, Berrah became an adviser to the Foreign Ministry of Côte d'Ivoire and a close counselor for President Félix Houphouët-Boigny.{{Cite journal|title=Generational Tensions in the Parti Démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire|author=Toungara, Jeanne Maddox|year=1995|journal=African Studies Review|volume=38|issue=2|pages=11–38|doi=10.2307/525316|jstor=525316|s2cid=144261604 }} As a part of this work, he was part of the Ivory Coast delegation to United Nations General Assembly, the OAU,{{Cite web|url=http://www.reporters.dz/2019/01/10/ghoulem-berrah-un-algerien-si-particulier/|title=Ghoulem Berrah, un Algérien si particulier !|date=January 10, 2019}} and was a special assistant to the president,{{Cite web|url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=12&post=22897|title=Events from day to day|first=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of|last=China (Taiwan)|date=January 1, 1977|website=Taiwan Today}} and later Ambassador, until 1993. In this role, he worked to further the nation's foreign affairs policy,{{Cite web|url=https://www.ivoirebusiness.net/articles/chacun-son-imposture-et-ses-imposteurs-propos-de-%C2%AB-les-ouattara-une-imposture-ivoirienne-%C2%BB|title=A CHACUN SON IMPOSTURE ET SES IMPOSTEURS: A propos de " Les Ouattara, une imposture ivoirienne " de B. Houdin, Editions du Moment, Par Marcel Amondji|date=October 11, 2015|website=Ivoirebusiness.net}} including diplomatic overtures to foreign leaders and working on Israeli-Palestinian relations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lesdessousdescene.fr/Un-reve-pour-la-paix-Memoires_a964.html|title=Un rêve pour la paix - Mémoires|first=Anne|last=Contet-Tollec|website=L.D.S Magazine}} In 1966, Berrah was elected to the New York Academy of Sciences. Berrah died on March 4, 2011, in Miami, Florida.{{Cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE2DF1F3AF93BA25750C0A9679D8B63|title=Deaths BERRAH, DR|work=New York Times}}