His Excellency Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (Turkish: Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu), born 1943 in Cairo, Egypt, is a Turkish academic for history of science and currently Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), which consists of 57 member states in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America, making it one of the world’s largest intergovernmental organisations. 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... Cairo (Arabic: ‎ translit: ) is the capital city of Egypt (and previously the United Arab Republic) and has a metropolitan area population of approximately 15. ... Science is a body of verifiable empirical knowledge, a global community of scholars, and a set of techniques for investigating the universe known as the scientific method. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The flag of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is an inter-governmental organization with a Permanent Delegation to the United Nations. ... Asia is the largest and most populous region or continent depending on the definition. ... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to some dispute as to Europes actual borders. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

İhsanoğlu studied science at the Ain Shams University in Cairo, receiving his BSc in 1966. He obtained his MSc in 1970 from the same university and his PhD from the Faculty of Science at the Ankara University in 1974. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... BSC is an abbreviation for: Bachelor of Science - ususally written BSc (academic degree) Barcelona Supercomputing Center Base Station Controller (part of a GSM mobile phone network) BSC-protocol - standard for computer communication developed by IBM The British Society of Cinematographers Birmingham-Southern College - Birmingham-Southern College basic - represents theoretical exact... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... MSC can stand for: Marine Stewardship Council Masters of Science (usually MSc or M.Sc. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Ankara University is a public university in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ...

He was founder and chairman of the Department of History of Science at the Faculty of Letters of Istanbul University from 1984 to 2000. His special interest focuses on culture and scholarship in the Islamic world. He was lecturer and visiting professor at various universities like University of Exeter, United Kingdom (1975-1977), Ankara University, Faculty of Science (1970-1980), Inönü University, Malatya (1978-1980), Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany (2003). Istanbul University is one of the oldest universities in Europe (founded in 1453), and the oldest in Turkey. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Islam (Arabic: ; ( (help· info)), submission (to the will of God) is a monotheistic faith and the worlds second-largest religion. ... The University of Exeter is the principal University in the English city of Exeter, in Devon. ... Malatya is a city in south-eastern Turkey, and the capital of Malatya Province. ... Main building of the Ludwig Maximilians University The Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München or LMU) is with approximately 48,000 students the second largest university in Germany (surpassed only by the University of Cologne) and generally considered one of the best universities of...

Honorary doctorates

• 1994 Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey
• 1996 Dowling College, Long Island, New York, USA
• 2000 Academy of Science of Azerbaijan Republic
• 2001 University of Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2001 University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 2004 Tatarstan Academy of Science

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External links

• OIC official website
• Curriculum Vitae