List Of Jordanians
The following is a list of notable people from Jordan: Politicians *Ahmad Obeidat, former Prime Minister of Jordan * Mithqal Al-Fayez *Bisher Al-Khasawneh, current Prime Minister of Jordan * Akef Al-Fayez, former Deputy Prime Minister and other ministerial offices *Maha Ali *Ismael Babouk, first Mayor of Amman (1909-1911) * Fahad Ensour * Thouqan Hindawi, former minister * Awn Khasawneh, former Prime Minister and former judge of the International Court of Justice *Faisal al-Fayez, former Prime Minister and current President of the Senate * Prince Rashed Al-Khuzai *Abdelsalam Al-Majali * Maryam Al-louzi, MP * Hakem Al-Fayez * Hind Al-Fayez, MP * Ina'am Al-Mufti, first Jordanian woman to hold government office * Ali Abu al-Ragheb *Eid Al-Fayez, former Minister of Labour, Minister of State, and Minister of Interior * Ali Suheimat * Abdelraouf Rawabdeh, former Prime Minister of Jordan * Attallah Suheimat * Salah Suheimat, MP * Tareq Suheimat * Bahjat Talhouni, former Prime Minister * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan River. Jordan is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south and east, Iraq to the northeast, Syria to the north, and the Palestinian West Bank, Israel, and the Dead Sea to the west. It has a coastline in its southwest on the Gulf of Aqaba's Red Sea, which separates Jordan from Egypt. Amman is Jordan's capital and largest city, as well as its economic, political, and cultural centre. Modern-day Jordan has been inhabited by humans since the Paleolithic period. Three stable kingdoms emerged there at the end of the Bronze Age: Ammon, Moab and Edom. In the third century BC, the Arab Nabataeans established their Kingdom with Petra as the capital. Later rulers of the Transjordan region include the Assyrian, Babylonian, Roman, Byzantine, Rashidun ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ina'am Al-Mufti
Ina'am Qaddoura Al-Mufti ( ar, إنعام قدورة المفتي; February 26, 1929 – 6 November 2018) was the first Jordanian woman to hold a governmental position. Biography Qaddoura established the Ministry of Social Development, Noor Al-Hussein Foundation, Women Issues Organization, Jubilee School of Amman, Children's Trust, Union of Jordanian Women, and National Union for Jordanian Business Women. She was also a part of UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ..., spoke on several radio shows spreading awareness, and was a part of writing a book used in all schools in the kingdom. Qaddoura was a member of the Senate, the Upper House of the National Assembly of Jordan. Honorary office and memberships Honorary office and memberships: * Member of several ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Suleiman Mousa
Suleiman Mousa ( ar, سليمان الموسى) (11 June 1919 – 9 June 2008) was a Jordanian author and historian born in Al-Rafeed, a small village north of the city of Irbid.Eighty: An Autobiography; Suleiman Mousa (lang-ar, ثمانون: رحلة الأيّام والأعوام) He wrote up to fifty books of which most prominent are ''Biography of Sharif Hussein Bin Ali, Jordan in the 1948 War, Great Arab Revolt'', ''History of Jordan in the 20th century'', and was the first and only Arab author to write about Lawrence of Arabia and show the Arab perspective.Publications of the Ministry of Culture/ Wasfi Al-Tal St.; The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan His book '' T.E. Lawrence: An Arab View'' was published in 1966 and translated into English, French and Japanese. It was written after a study that had convinced him that although there were many books written to praise Lawrence and others written to discredit him, all of them exaggerated his part in the Arab Revolt and failed to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Samer Libdeh
Samer Libdeh, or Abu Libdeh, (born 1974),Bio (Online Activism Institute) is a British London-based communications strategist, researcher and policy analyst. In February 2013, he was selected to be part of the mission to monitor Egyptian parliamentary elections. In 2013 he worked at the , before moving on to Albany Associates as consultant. He covered issues related to democracy in the Middle East, the Arab-Israeli peace process and US foreign policy. His articles a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan
Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan ( ar, نصر عبد العزيز born 1941), is a Palestinian artist and a television interior designer/producer. He was born in the former village of az-Zakariyya, north of Hebron in the Mandatory Palestine. The town was captured by Israeli forces during the 1948 Israeli assault on Palestine. Nasr grew up in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein as-Sultan near Jericho, where he began painting as a child. He studied fine arts and film in Moscow, Baghdad, Cairo and London. His daughter is film director Hanadi Elyan. He currently lives in Amman, Jordan where he teaches fine arts at the University of Jordan. Style Nasr is a figurative painter whose individual style is concerned with cultural traditions. His paintings depict the rural life of Palestinian farmers and the traditional Palestinian way of life. He simplifies his subjects with simple geometrical lines, creating both harmony and balance. Most of his paintings are oil on canvas. He did some water colors e ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alia Abu Tayeh
Dr. Alia Mohammed Odeh Abu Tayeh (1953 – July 27, 2019) was a Jordanian politician and educator. She was the first Bedouin to serve on the Jordanian Senate. Life She was born in 1953 and educated at the University of Jordan. She had completed her secondary education in Ma'an and she was one of the first Bedouin women to receive an education. She received a BA in Arabic in 1974 and a Diploma in Education and Psychology in 1976 both from the University of Jordan. Graduated in the civil service from a class teacher to a researcher at the Royal Academy for Research Management Islamic Civilization / Al-Bayt Foundation to a cultural adviser in the Jordanian embassies abroad to the head of the advisors unit / Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. Academically, Dean of Al-Jouf College / Saudi Arabia, University Professor at the University of Jordan and Al-Balqa Applied University, Visiting University Professor, Indiana University, University Professor, University of J ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fayez Tarawneh
Fayez Tarawneh ( ar, فايز الطراونة; '; 1 May 1949 – 15 December 2021) was a Jordanian independent politician, who served twice as the 31st Prime Minister of Jordan, and also as Chief of the Royal Hashemite Court. Early life and education Tarawneh was born on 1 May 1949. He received a bachelor's degree in economy from the University of Jordan. He also obtained a master's degree in 1974 and a PhD in 1980 in economics, both from the University of Southern California. Career Tarawneh was Jordanian ambassador to the United States from 1993 until 1997, and headed the Jordanian delegation that was in charge of peace negotiations with Israel in 1994. Then he was appointed Prime Minister and served in this post from 20 August 1998 to 4 March 1999, the last Prime Minister under King Hussein, who died in February 1999. Next he was named chief of the royal court in 1999. The other cabinet posts he held include Foreign Minister and Trade Minister. Tarawneh was appointed senator ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bahjat Talhouni
Bahjat Talhouni ( ar, بهجت التلهوني; 1913 – January 30, 1994) was a Jordanian political figure. He served as the 14th Prime Minister of Jordan between 1960 and 1970 for six different terms. Talhouni was Prime Minister from August 1969 to June 1970, during a particularly turbulent time of friction and skirmishes between the Government and thousands of Palestinian guerrillas who were then in Jordan. The Palestinian guerrillas, members of various organizations, frequently disregarded Jordanian laws and came to be almost a state within a state. In February 1970, King Hussein of Jordan met with their leaders at Talhouni's house in Amman. At that meeting the King agreed not to enforce restrictions on the Palestinians carrying firearms in Jordanian towns, and the leaders of the guerrillas promised to try to make their followers less unruly. A strained and often interrupted truce ensued. Then came an unsuccessful attempt on the King's life in June. Angered, the Jordan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tareq Suheimat
Tareq Salah Attalla Suheimat (23 September 1936 – 21 July 2014), was a distinguished Jordanian physician, nephrologist, military General, and statesman. Born in the historic city of Al-Karak in southern Jordan, Suheimat studied in Amman's schools and then studied medicine in a number of universities, institutes and hospitals in the United Kingdom and the United States of America. He joined the Jordanian Armed Forces where he reached the rank of Major General, and has held a number of senior responsibilities at both medical and governmental levels. Education * Received his primary and secondary education in the Jordanian capital, Amman. * He studied in Britain, where he received a degree in Medicine and Surgery – University of London – London Hospital Medical College (the first school to be granted an official charter for medical teaching in 1785) and the Royal College of Surgeons of England of London 1962. * Obtained a Specialty in Internal Medicine – and Renal disease ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Salah Suheimat
Salah al-Din Attallah Suheimat ( ar, صلاح الدين عطالله السحيمات) MP (1914 – 30 November 1966) was a Member of the Parliament of Jordan on the banner of the city Al Karak. Born in 1914, the son of Sheikh Attallah Suheimat, a national leader, who was a member of the first Legislative Council of the Emirate of Transjordan and held several political positions in the Ottoman Empire and later Transjordan and the grandson of Sheikh Sulieman effendi Suheimat who was a national leader and a member of the first municipal council of the city of Karak during the reign of the Ottoman Empire in the 1890s. MP Salah Suheimat received his primary and preparatory education at the primary school in Karak and then completed his secondary education at the secondary school of Salt (''As-Salt''), and later obtained a Diploma in Agriculture in Beirut, Lebanon. Salah Suheimat was the first Secretary General of the Jordanian parliament in 1946. Career highlights * Director of Pu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Attallah Suheimat
Sheikh Attallah Suheimat or Attlallah Pasha Suheimat (1875 - 28 July 1965) was an Arab and Jordanian leader, politician, and a statesperson. Born in the historic city of Al Karak, south of Jordan. He was the son of Sheikh Sulieman effendi Suheimat who was a national leader and a Member of the first municipal council of the city of Karak during the reign of the Ottoman Empire in the 1890s. Sheikh Attallah Suheimat was the head of the Ghassanids (Arabic: الغساسنة) tribes in Jordan, and a famous leader during different time periods in the region: Ottoman Syria, Transjordan, and later the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He held several senior positions including the President of the Al-Haqqania Court (Arabic:المحكمة الحقانية) in the Ottoman Empire and President of the Court of First Instance in The "National Government of Moab" (Arabic:محكمة بدايه الكرك في الحكومة العربية المؤابيه ). He participated in the development of the Nat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abdelraouf Rawabdeh
Abdelraouf al-Rawabdeh ( ar, عبد الرؤوف الروابدة; born 18 February 1939 in Irbid) was the 32nd Prime Minister of Jordan from 4 March 1999 until 19 June 2000, a leading political figure from the north city of Irbid in Jordan. Political experience In 1983 Al-Rawabdeh became the Mayor of Amman and would serve in that position until 1989. In 1989 he then joined the Jordanian Parliament as a member of the 11th Parliament of Jordan, and again 1993 and 1997 until 2001 in the 12th and 13th Parliament of Jordan respectively. On 24 October 2013 he was named President of the Senate. Al-Rawabdeh is the first President of the enlarged Senate, which now has 75 members, where previously there had been 60 members. After his resignation, Al-Rawabdeh was replaced as President of the Senate by Faisal al-Fayez on 25 October 2015. See also * List of prime ministers of Jordan This is a list of Prime Minister of Jordan, prime ministers of Jordan since 1921. List of officeholders ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |