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AROQA is managed by a Board of Directors and a Board of Trustees whose memberships include academics, senior executives and experts in various fields of knowledge. The Board of Directors is chaired and presided over by Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, the founder of AROQA. His Excellency H.E Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, is the Honorary President and Dr. Saleh Hashem, former Secretary-General of the Association of Arab Universities, is the Vice President.

The Board of Directors is entitled to take all and any decisions to ensure good operations of the Organization, including the creation and the composition of a Board of Trustees, Accreditation Board, Consulting Committees and ad hoc working parties.    

AROQA Board of Directors

H.E. Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Honorary President of the Arab Organization for Quality Assurance in Education.


Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
Chairman of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization. Chairman of the Arab Organization for Quality Assurance in Education.
Dr. Saleh Hashem
Former Secretary-General of the Association of Arab Universities, Vice-President of the Arab Organization for Quality Assurance in Education.
Dr. Sultan Abu-Orabi

Former Secretary General of the Association of Arab Universities, Vice-President of the Arab Organization for Quality Assurance in Education.

Dr. Faeqa AlSaleh
Advisor of the Secretary-General, Director of Education and Scientific Research Department,League of Arab States.
Dr. Salem Al-Agtash
Advisor to the TAG-Org Chairman for Information Technology and Communication and the Executive Director of the Arab Organization for Quality Assurance in Education.

Dr. Abdulqader Alfantokh

Deputy Minister for Planning and Information, Ministry of Higher Education, Saudi Arabia.

AROQA Board of Trustees

Dr. Ibrahim Aljanahi
President of Bahrain University
Dr. Inam Bioud
Director of the Higher Arab Institute for Translation, Minister Plenipotentiary, League of Arab States
Dr. Esam Alnaqeeb
Regional Coordinator, UNDP Higher Education project.
Dr. Ali Yaghi
General Manager, Alhussein Funds for Excellence

Dr. Hanan Ibrahim
Researcher/Consultant, Canadian Institution, Oxfam Québec, Jordan
Dr. Ibrahim Abu Khuzam

President of Nasser International University, Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Dr. Wagdy Sawahel

Advisor, Observatory on Higher Education, Ministry of Higher Education, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Khaled Alomari

President of Jerash University, Jordan