Bassam Badran
President of the Lebanese University
The Council of Ministers has appointed as President of the Lebanese University (LU). Badran, who has replaced Fouad Ayoub, has been Dean of LU’s Faculty of Sciences since 2017 and has been operating its coronavirus laboratory since 2020. He said he will tap LU’s available resources to improve its working conditions and address the impact of the multiple crises on the university in order to better serve its 86,000 students. Badran said the collapse of the lira has eroded the salaries of LU professors and administrative staff
