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Columbia’s President Resigns After Controversy Around Anti-Israel Protests
After months of controversy surrounding Columbia University President Minouche Shafik’s handling of anti-Israel positions, she is stepping down. On Wednesday, Shafik said in an email to the university she would resign…
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About Minouche Shafik
Nemat Talaat Shafik, Baroness Shafik, commonly known as Minouche Shafik, is a British-American academic and economist. She was the president and vice chancellor of the London School of Economics from 2017 to 2023 and then the 20th president of Columbia University from 2023 to 2024. She was appointed as the Chief Economic Advisor to Prime Minister Keir Starmer on 1 September 2025.
Everything about Minouche Shafik →- Occupation
- economist
- Position held
- member of the House of Lords, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, President of Columbia University
- Citizenship
- Egypt, United States, United Kingdom
- Born
- August 13, 1962