University Rectors Since Foundation Name From – to Prof. Bashar Awwad Ma’arof June 1989 – July 1992 Prof. Muhammad Majeed Al-Saeed July 1992 – March 2003 Prof. Abdul Sattar Hamed Al-Dabbagh March 2003 – May 2004 Prof. Ziad Mahmoud Rashid May 2004 – October 2013 Prof. Ali Saleh Hussein 2/13/2014 – until now