Abdallah Al Jazi (Arabic: عبد الله هارون سحيمان الجازي) was a Jordanian politician and tribal leader of the large Howeitat. He served as Member of the
House of Representatives of Jordan
The House of Representatives of Jordan is the elected lower house of the Jordanian parliament which, along with the Senate, composes the legislature of Jordan.House of Representatives of Jordan
The House of Representatives of Jordan is the elected lower house of the Jordanian parliament which, along with the Senate, composes the legislature of Jordan.
Education
Al Jazi graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Cairo University in 1979.
Career
Minister of State
Prior to his term in the Parliament, Al Jazi held various executive positions in the Government of Jordan. Between 1985 and 1987 he was the General Director of Jordan's Hejaz Railway, during which he was elected as the President of the Arab Union of Railways. Thereafter, he held the position of Secretary General of Post and Transport Ministry until he was appointed as the Minister of State in 1994 as part of the Government Cabinet that has signed the famous Israel–Jordan Treaty of Peace at Wadi Araba Crossing.
Member of the House of Representatives of Parliament
Al Jazi was a member of the
House of Representatives of Jordan
The House of Representatives of Jordan is the elected lower house of the Jordanian parliament which, along with the Senate, composes the legislature of Jordan.Parliament of Jordan for three successive parliamentary periods from 1997 until 2009 (the 13th,
14th
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In relation to the word "four" (4), 14 is spelled "fourteen".
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and
15th
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Mathematics
15 is:
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Parliaments). During that he chaired the International and Arab Affairs Committee, Energy Committee, Jordan France Parliamentary Friendship Committee; additionally he was an active member of the Financial Committee.
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Parliament
In the 15th Parliament he was elected by the MPs as the Vice Speaker of the
House of Representatives of Jordan
The House of Representatives of Jordan is the elected lower house of the Jordanian parliament which, along with the Senate, composes the legislature of Jordan.Abdullah II of Jordan
Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein ( ar, عبدالله الثاني بن الحسين , translit=ʿAbd Allāh aṯ-ṯānī ibn al-Ḥusayn; born 30 January 1962) is King of Jordan, having ascended the throne on 7 February 1999. He is a member of t ...
dissolved the
House of Representatives of Jordan
The House of Representatives of Jordan is the elected lower house of the Jordanian parliament which, along with the Senate, composes the legislature of Jordan.Islamic Action Front
The Islamic Action Front ( ar, جبهة العمل الإسلامي ''Jabhat al-'Amal al-Islami'', IAF) is an Islamist political party in Jordan. It is the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan.
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, which is the
Muslim Brotherhood
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’s political party in Jordan.
Tribal Influence
Al Jazi was a tribal leader of the Howeitat tribe, which inhabit some of vast territories of Southern Jordan and Northern Saudi. He has been seen as the main political leader of the tribe.
Personal life
Al Jazi was born in 1954 and died in 2014; he was married with four sons and two daughters.