Hanna Khayat

Hanna Behnam Yosef Abdulahad Khayat (1884- 30 April 1959) Iraqi physician and politician, He was known as the first minister of health in Iraq from September 12, 1921 to 19 August 1922,[1] Then he became General manager of Public Health Administration in Iraq from 1922 to 1931 after the abolition of the Ministry of Health and its transformation into a Public Administration. In 1925 he became advisor to King Faisal. He was elected twice as a deputy in the Senate for Mosul, first from 1943 to 1946 and from 1950 to 1953. His health projects contributed to the development of health staff in Iraq. He has written many books and pamphlets that have contributed to spreading health awareness in Iraqi health institutes.[2]

Hanna Khayat
حنا خياط
Minister of Health
In office
1921–1922
MonarchFaisal I of Iraq
Prime MinisterAbd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani
General administrator of Public Health
In office
1922–1931
MonarchFaisal I of Iraq
Prime MinisterYasin al-Hashimi
Jafar al-Askari
Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun
Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani
Council of Representatives of Iraq
In office
1943–1946
MonarchFaisal II
ConstituencyMosul
Council of Representatives of Iraq
In office
1950–1953
MonarchFaisal II
ConstituencyMosul
Personal details
Born
Hanna Behnam Yosef Abdul ahad Al khayat

1884
Mosul, Ottoman Iraq
Died30 April 1959
Baghdad, Iraq
CitizenshipIraqi
ProfessionPhysician, Politician

Early life

Hanna Khayat was born in 1884 in Mosul to a Syriac Catholic family, He completed his school in Mosul, then he decided to go outside home to complete his studies, He received a Bachelor of Literatures and Sciences from the French University of Beirut in 1903, then He received his Diploma in Medicine from the Universities of Paris and Istanbul in 1908 and was elected a member of the Medical and Surgical Society in Brussels. After returning to Mosul he elected in First World War as Vice President of the Red Crescent Society in the city. He was fluent in Arabic, Turkish, French and English.

Career

After the end of the Ottoman rule, Hanna Khayat moved to Syria, where he preferred to work under the French mandate because of his influence on French culture during his studies, He was known there on King Faisal in 1920, and move with him to Iraq. After the establishment of national rule, he served as Minister of Health from 1921 to 1922 at Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani government, Then the Ministry of Health was abolished and merged into the Ministry of Interior, To assume the presidency of the Public Health Administration from 1922 to 1931. As well as his practice since 1926 lecturing Arabic medicine in the College of Law and Medicine in Baghdad and in 1931 was appointed Director General of Foreign Affairs and Inspector General of Health in 1933. He has also published several articles in Iraqi newspapers that spoke about health guidance and contributed to improving hospitals in Iraq, Hanna Khayat spoke of neglect in Mosul facilities during the Ottoman period and attributed the reasons for health neglect to the neglect of government at a time when the authority attributed the shortcomings in this regard to the people, denying their willingness to promote health.

After being appointed to retirement, he was elected deputy for Senate for Mosul in its tenth session (October 1943 - November 1946). Hanna Khayat presented his medical project to King Faisal II when he met for the first time. The project is based on the following principles: Linking different good and health and medical departments with special medical legislation unified. He also spoke about the reasons for the increasing incidence of children at the time and spoke about the prevention of tuberculosis and the management of insect risks. He was also elected deputy for Mosul for the second time from June 1950 to October 1953.[3]

Death

In his last days he written diary book entitled Days Speak, died on April 30, 1959 in Baghdad.[4]

Awards

See also

References
  1. The Chaldean Catholic Church: Modern History, Ecclesiology and Church-State by Kristian Girling
  2. Christianity in Iraq: Its Origins and Development to the Present Day to Suha Rassam (2005) P 155
  3. الدكتور حنا بهنام خياط أول وزير صحة عراقي من مسيحيو العراق Algaqrdenia magazine article by badri noel yosef
  4. الكلية الطبية الملكية العراقية: من خلال سيرة ذاتية, المجلد 1 from Salem Damluji
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