The Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and its Member Biographies updated 11 January

H.E. Dr Ahmed Abu-Goura
1977-1993
Dr Ahmed Abu-Goura served as a member of the Standing Commission from October 1977
until December 1995 and was its Chairman from 1981 to 1993 when he decided to step
down due to age and health reasons. 85 Dr Abu-Goura first joined the Movement in 1953
when he was elected as the Secretary General of the Jordan Red Crescent Society. He then
eventually became President of his National Society in 1964. Prior to joining the Movement,
Dr Abu-Goura had a long and distinguished career in the Jordanian Government. He was the
Director of the Radiology Department at the Ministry of Health (1951); he was the Minister
of Health (1965) and the Minister of Labour and Social Welfare (1966). Dr Abu-Goura
received a Doctor in Medicine from the University of Damascus (1943), a Postgraduate
degree in Radiology from the University of London (1951) and a Postgraduate degree in
Radiotherapy from Harvard University (1956). He received a Henry Dunant medal in 1993.
He was born in Salt, Jordan in 1918 and passed away in 2015.
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