Dr. Gamal Elddin Mokhtar

1928 - 2018

"We belong to God, and to him we will return"

Dr. Gamal Mokhtar

Founder and President of AASTMT

His Excellency Prof. Dr Gamal Mokhtar, the Founder and AASTMT President, one of the most successful Arab joint institutions on the land of Egypt, that was the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport – one of the League of Arab States specialized Organization stated in 1972.

Dr. Mokhtar played a significant role in changing the Arab Maritime Transport Academy to be a leading university in sciences and technology and in all other disciplines related to maritime transport, engineering and management whether at the academic or the professional levels; in addition of being a unique entity of research and consultation. Especially after attaining ISO 9001 / 2000 from D.N.V, as implementing and developing its Quality Assurance System, it transmitted from the regional to the international status. As AAST-MT is a fully fledged member of the Arab and International Universities Associations.

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Letters of Condolences

With deep sorrow and agony, H.E Prof. Dr. Ismail Abdel Ghafar Ismail Farag - President of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, expresses his sincere condolences to AASTMT Family on the death of His Excellency Prof. Dr Gamal Mokhtar - AASTMT Founder and President.

The following are the letters of condolences sent to H.E Prof. Dr. Ismail Abdel Ghafar Ismail Farag - President of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, and to AASTMT Family on the pass away of Dr. Gamal Elddin Mokhtar - AASTMT Founder and President.

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Dr. Takeshi Nakazawa
Executive Director of IAMU

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Sheikh Talal al-Khalid Al-Sabah
CEO of Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC)

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Sami Al-Sawagh
Manager Maritime Operations, KOC

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Mr. Mohamed Alawi Amzerbah
Chairman of the Board of Directors of YGAPC

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Mr. Kitack Lim
Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization

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Dr. Hassan Mostafa
President of International Handball Federation

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Association of AASTMT Sudanese Graduates

Dr. Gamal Elddin Mokhtar Appointments

  • 2003

    Chair of the International Association of Maritime Universities

  • 1990

    Appointed President of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

  • 1987

    Board Member of Trustees of Alexandria University

  • 1983

    Board Member of Misr Shipping Company

  • 1978

    Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Commerce - Alexandria University

  • 1976

    Board Member in Federal Arab Maritime Company (FAMCO)

  • 1973

    Board Member in PAN ARAB Shipping Company (PASCO)

  • 1972

    Director of Arab Maritime Transport Academy

  • 1969

    Chief Inspector of the Egyptian Navy

  • 1968

    Director, Egyptian Naval Training

  • 1967

    Director, Egyptian Naval Academy

  • 1966

    Chief of Studies - Naval Academy

  • 1960

    Chief of Staff of Submarines

  • 1957

    Commander of 1st Submarine submerged with a total Egyptian crew

The Media

Ahram

The death of Mukhtar .. Founder of AASTMT

Egypt, the maritime and maritime society lost one of the most prominent personalities and leaders, Dr. Gamal Elddin Mokhtar, who passed away at the age of 90. Mokhtar is the founding president of the largest educational edifice in the region in 1972. The International Association of Maritime Universities recently awarded him an honorary doctorate. At the international level he is the first Egyptian president of IAMU.

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Governor of Alexandria mourns Dr. Gamal Mokhtar

Dr. Mohamed Sultan, the Governor of Alexandria and all executive leaders of the governorate, are deeply saddened by Dr. Gamal Mokhtar's death. Dr. Gamal is one of the leaders of Maritime Transport in the Arab World and the Founding President of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, who passed away at the age of 90, after a great life in the service of his country.

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Dr. Abdul Razzaq Al-Madani mourns the death of Dr. Gamal Elddin Mokhtar

The advisor and the maritime expert d. Dr. Abdul Razzaq Hashem Al-Madani The death of Dr. Jamal Mokhtar, one of the leaders of maritime transport in the Arab world and founding president of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport.

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Secretary General of the League of Arab States mourns Dr. Gamal Mokhtar

Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, praised Dr. Gamal Mokhtar, the Founding President of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, who passed away, asking God the Almighty to accept him with his great mercy,and grant his family and loved ones patience and solace.

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Prof. Dr Gamal Mokhtar, the Founder of AASTMT President passed away

Dr. Gamal Elddin Mokhtar, Founding President of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, died to the mercy of God. Magazine's family offers its sincere condolences to the family of the deceased. His Excellency Dr. Gamal Elddin Mokhtar is the founding president of the largest educational edifice in the region and one of the most successful joint Arab labor institutions on the land of Egypt.

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Dr. Gamal Mokhtar, founder of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, passed away at the age of 90

The late Dr. Gamal Mokhtar, one of the most innovative, distinguished and effective managers in the history of Egyptian administrative leaders, he was able to change the Arab Academy of Maritime Transport from its original status as a regional maritime training institute with 500 navigation students and a budget covered by participating governments from the League of Arab States, to a giant modern university of more than 20,000 undergraduate students, based on the principle of self-financing, in a surprisingly successful experiment.

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Dr. Gamal Elddin Mokhtar, founder of Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, died at the age of 90, whose pictures and biography decorated the city of Alexandria.

Dr. Gamal Elddin Mokhtar was born on October 29, 1928 in Cairo Governorate. He received a BA in marine studies from the Egyptian Maritime College in Alexandria, a master's degree from the Egyptian Ministry of Transport, a Master of Maritime Studies from the Soviet Union and a Master in Business Administration from the American University In Cairo, and a PhD in Human Investment for the Maritime Transport Sector from the University of Sorbonne in France.

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Gamal Mokhtar ... and the Arab dream born in a submarine

Dr. Gamal El-Din Mokhtar passed away after a busy life in the service of the Arab nation. He was the founder of the Arab Academy for Science and Technology for the service of protecting the Egyptian national security and one of the protectors of the nation's honor in the sea as a founder of the submarine weapon. He is a sport icon as he was president of the Egyptian Olympic Committee and president of Yacht, Sailing, and Diving clubs.

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«From the Navy to the Academic Mentality» .. Gamal Elddin Mokhtar in brief

Dr. Gamal Elddin Mokhtar, the founding president of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport in 1972, the largest educational institution in the region and one of the most successful Arab joint venture institutions in Egypt, has passed away.

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Alexandria University mourns Dr. Gamal Elddin Ahmed Mokhtar

The President of the University of Alexandria, Dr. Essam El-Kordi, extend his deepest condolences for the death of Dr. Gamal Elddin Ahmed Mokhtar, the founder of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport.

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