Mohammad Qayoumi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mohammad Qayoumi

Afghan engineer

Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1952

Place of Birth: Kabul, Afghanistan

Profession: engineer

Nationality: Afghanistan

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi (born December 14, 1952) is an engineer and professor who currently serves as Acting Minister of Finance and as the Chief Adviser on Infrastructure and Technology to the President of Afghanistan.
He previously served as President of San José State University where he was appointed on March 23, 2011.
Prior to that, he served as the fourth president of California State University, East Bay.
He has worked in university administration for more than 30 years and has a background in both engineering and business.
Qayoumi was born in Afghanistan and is the first person of Afghan descent to head a major U.S.
university.In June 2010, Qayoumi contributed a photo essay to Foreign Policy magazine about Afghanistan in the 1960s, which led to an interview on the NPR program Morning Edition (aired June 18, 2010).