Abdullah Al-Refai

Who was Abdullah Al-Refai?

Abdullah Mubarak Al-Refai, Born in Kuwait for well known family. Al-Refai became President of Gulf University for Science and Technology on 1 December 2003. He is the second president in the first Kuwait private university’s.

Prior to GUST, Al-Refai was the President of the Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain, where he left his fingerprint as a founder. And during his very successful eight-year tenure at AGU, the university experienced record fund-raising, enrollment, and endowment growth.

Moreover, Al-Refai was previously appointed as Secretary General in the Kuwait University for 8 years during which he served in the strategic planning and administrative development. As part of Al-Refai's leadership in the Medicine field in Kuwait, he participated in the establishment of Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization and was one of the founders of the Medicine College in Kuwait. Also, he served as the Consultant to the Minister of Health and had a major role in the foundation of the new strategic planning of the Ministry.

Al-Refai has published articles and researches in a variety of professional publications including: Kuwait Health Data Analysis, journal of Kuwait Medical Association; Kuwait Demography and Economic Data Analysis, journal of Kuwait Medical Association; Skimming The Best of The West, Middle East Journal.