Profiles of New Ministers
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Profiles of new ministers Prime Minister and Minister Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister of Defence for Economic Affairs for Services and and Minister of Foreign and Minister of State for Minister of Education and Expatriate Affairs Born in 1951, Mulki received Investment Affairs his PhD in industrial and sys- Holder of a PhD in admin- Born in Amman in tems engineering from the Born in 1943, Anani ob- istration from the Univer- 1961, Judeh received Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- tained his BA in econom- sity of Southern Califor- his elementary and tute in New York and an MSc in ics from the American nia, a master’s degrees in secondary education in management engineering from University in Cairo in political science and ad- Jordan and the UK, and the same institution. He pre- 1960. He studied civil en- Jawad Anani ministration, and a BA in obtained a BSc degree viously served as minister of gineering at the Califor- political science and eco- Mohammad Thneibat in foreign service at industry and trade, supply, en- nia University in the US from 1962 to 1964. nomics from the Univer- Georgetown University Nasser Judeh ergy, foreign affairs, and water He obtained his master’s degree from Van- sity of Jordan (UJ), Thneibat was deputy prime in Washington, DC. He and irrigation. He also served derbilt University and his PhD from Geor- minister and minister of education in Abdullah has served at the Royal Court, first in His as president of the Royal Scien- gia University. Anani has served as min- Ensour’s governments and in Mulki’s previous Majesty King Hussein’s press office and then tific Society and secretary gen- ister of supply, labour industry, trade and government. He previously served as minister as private secretary to HRH Prince Has- eral of the Higher Council for tourism in the period from 1979 until 1985. of public sector development and parliamentary san. Judeh established and headed the Jor- Science and Technology. Mulki From 1993 to 1998, Anani served as minis- affairs in Marouf Bakhit’s first government in dan Information Bureau in London. He has was Jordan’s ambassador to ter of state for Prime Ministry Affairs and 2006-2007. He served as minister of administra- served as director general of the Jordan Ra- Egypt and the Arab League. He minister of media, in addition to serving as tive development in Ali Abul Ragheb’s Cabinet in dio and Television Corporation. Judeh was has also served as a senator Hani Mulki deputy prime minister for economic affairs 2000. In October 2001, he took on a second port- government spokesperson and minister of and chief commissioner of the and minister of foreign affairs. Anani also folio of culture minister in the second reshuffle of state for media affairs and communications Aqaba Special Economic Zone Class and the Kawkab Order of served as senator and Royal Court chief. He Abul Ragheb’s government. Thneibat also served in previous governments. He was deputy Authority. He received the In- the First Class, in addition to served in Mulki’s previous government as as secretary general of the Civil Service Bureau premier and foreign minister in Ensour’s dependence Order of the First other international medals. minister of industry, trade and supply. and worked as assistant professor at the UJ. government and Mulki’s previous Cabinet. Minister of Interior Minister of Water Minister of Minister of Political and Minister of and Irrigation Higher Education Parliamentary Affairs and Culture Hammad was born in and Scientific Minister of State 1944. He obtained his Born in 1962 in Research Born in 1952, BA in law from Baghdad Fuheis, Hazem Born in Irbid in 1954, Maay- Shuqum holds University in 1969 and Nasser holds a Born in 1953 in Ma- tah earned a master’s degree a bachelor’s a diploma in public ad- PhD in water re- fraq, Tweisi holds a in telecom engineering from degree in po- ministration from Paris sources from the PhD in linguistics the University of Bucharest in litical science in 1974, in addition to a Technical Univer- from the Univer- 1981, and was president of the from the UJ, diploma in local admin- sity Munich. He sity of Michigan, National Federation of Jorda- which he re- istration and French cul- Salameh Hammad served as secretary Hazem Nasser Ann Arbor, an MA Adel Tweisi nian Students in Romania from Musa Maaytah ceived in 1976. Nabih Shuqum ture from Sorbonne Uni- general of the Wa- degree in linguis- 1976-1980. Maaytah is one of the He served in versity in 1976. Hammad previously served as ter Ministry in 1997 and 1999. Nasser tics from the University of Michigan, founders of the Jordanian Democratic Socialist Party the Foreign Ministry in Paris, and sub-district director at the Interior Ministry, was minister of water and irrigation East Lansing, and a BA in English and was elected as a member of the party’s politburo worked briefly at the Prime Min- district director in Aqaba, head of the nation- between 2001 and 2003, and minister language and literature from UJ. He during its first conference. He helped in the estab- istry until he was appointed as ality and foreigner affairs department, and a of water and irrigation and minister served as president of the UJ, Al al lishment of the United Democratic Party, which was the Royal Protocol Chief in 1989, governor supervising Lower House elections. of agriculture between 2003 and 2005. Bayt University and founding presi- later renamed the Jordanian Left Democratic Party, a position he held until 1992. In He served as interior minister from 1993 to He also held the same portfolios in En- dent of Al Hussein Bin Talal Univer- and was elected as its secretary general in 1996. From 1993, he was appointed as an am- 1996 and from 2015 to 2016 in Ensour’s gov- sour’s governments. Nasser is recipient sity. Tweisi served as minister of cul- 1999, he served as the CEO and partner of a trade and bassador at the Foreign Ministry, ernment. Hammad received the Independence of Al Kawkab Order of the First Class ture between 2005 and 2007, and held marketing company as well as director of Al Badeel and in 1994 was appointed as the Order of the Second Class and Al Kawkab Or- and the Independence Order of the the same portfolio in Mulki’s previous Centre for Studies and Training. He served as minister Ministry’s secretary general. He der of the Second Class. He retains his post Second Class. He retains his post from government. He has received the Inde- of political development in Samir Rifai’s government. served as culture minister in Ri- from Mulki’s previous government. Mulki’s previous government. pendence Order of the First Class. He retains his post from Mulki’s previous Cabinet. fai’s government. Minister of Planning and Minister of Labour Minister Minister Minister of International Cooperation of Health of Social Environment Born in the Northern Development Fakhoury received a BSc in biomedical en- Jordan Valley in 1959, Born in Born in 1958, Khay- gineering and an MSc in engineering man- Ghezawi has a master’s 1 9 5 6 , Born in Irbid in yat has an aca- agement from the Case Western Reserve degree in economics from Sheyyab 1955, Azaizeh ob- demic background University, an MA in public policy from the St. Mary’s University in has a BSc tained his bach- in oceanography, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard San Antonio, Texas, and a in medi- elor’s in civil en- holding a BSc from University and an MBA from the Kellogg BA in political science and cine and gineering from High Point Univer- School at Northwestern University. He economics from the State a mas- the University of sity in the US. He Yaseen Khayyat was appointed senator and chairman of Imad Fakhoury University of New York. He Ali Ghezawi ter’s in Mahmoud Sheyyab Aleppo in Syria in Wajih Azaizeh obtained his PhD the King Abdullah II Fund for Development served as the Development paediat- 1979. He served as in environmental engineering from board of trustees in November 2014, after serving as King’s and Employment Fund’s director and was the rics from member of the Hashemite Fund for Cambridge University. He previously office director from 2011 to 2014. Between 2009 and 2011, secretary general of the Jordanian Society for the University of Jordan. He the Construction of Al Aqsa Mosque served as director general of the Jordan Fakhoury served as minister of public sector development Science and Culture. He also worked as presi- served as director general of and the Dome of the Rock’s Board of Standards and Metrology Organisation and minister of state for mega-projects. He has also served dent of the Royal Scientific Society’s political the King Abdullah I University Trustees, the restoration committee and director of the Industrial Chemistry as regional programme and policy manager at the bureau for economy unit and the economic chancellor of Hospital. A former vice presi- of Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of Centre at the Royal Scientific Society, Arab States of the UNDP; commissioner for investment and the minister of water. Ghezawi served as the dent of the Jordan University the Rock, and director of the Depart- which he joined in 1983 as a researcher. economic development at the Aqaba Special Economic Zone public relations deputy at the Jordan Armed of Science and Technology, ment of Palestinian Affairs. Azaizeh Khayyat served as environment minis- Authority; and chief of staff to His Majesty King Abdullah for Forces-Arab Army liaison office.