Ahmad Nouri Ziadat (born 1950) is the

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ian

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. He was appointed as minister on 7 May 2021. Previously he had served as Minister of State for Legal Affairs since 12 October 2020 in

Bisher Al-Khasawneh's Cabinet Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh's was tasked with forming a cabinet on 7 October 2020. He was sworn in along with his cabinet on 12 October 2020. The two exceptions were Minister of State Mahmoud Kharabsheh who had been tested positive for C ...

led by Prime Minister

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Education

Ziadat holds a

Bachelor of Law Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...

(1983) from the

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, a

Master of Laws A Master of Laws (M.L. or LL.M.; Latin: ' or ') is an advanced postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in a related subject. In mos ...

(1985) from the

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and a

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(1989) from the

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Career

From 1983 until 1984, Ziadat was a research and teaching assistant at the University of Jordan. Between 1990 and 2003, he worked as an assistant professor at the University of Jordan and as a part-time lecturer at the Institute of Banking Studies,

Al-Ahliyya Amman University Al-Ahliyya Amman University (AAU) (or Amman University, or Amman Private University) is located in Amman, Jordan. Founded in 1990, it was the first private university in Jordan. King Abdullah. (2011). ''Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peac ...

and Al-Bayt University. In 2003, he was named associate professor at the University of Jordan, and additionally served as the Dean of the Faculty of Law until 2005. In 2016, Ziadat was appointed Minister of State for Prime Ministry Affairs. From 2020 until 2021, he served as Minister of State for Legal Affairs. Since 7 May 2021, Ziadat has been the Minister of Justice.

References

Alumni of the University of London Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Government ministers of Jordan 1950 births 21st-century Jordanian politicians {{Jordan-politician-stub Harvard Law School alumni University of Jordan alumni