Ayman Hazza' al-Majali (

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: أيمن هزاع المجالي) is the former Deputy Prime Minister of the

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; Romanization of Arabic, tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; Romanization of Arabic, tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levan ...

. He is the son of

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's late Premier

Hazza' al-Majali Hazza' Barakat al-Majali (1917 – 29 August 1960) ( ar, هزاع بركات المجالي) was a Jordanian politician that served as the two-time 11th Prime Minister of Jordan. His first term lasted one week in 1955, his second term lasted ...

. As a Member of

's House of Representatives he also headed the parliament's Lower House Finance Committee.

Career

Al-Majali received his bachelor's degree in History from the

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in 1973. He began his political career working in the Jordanian Foreign Ministry before he became an attache at the Jordanian Embassy in Washington. In 1976 al-Majali returned to Jordan and was appointed acting Chief of Protocol for the foreign ministry until 1980 when he became the Director of the office of

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. In 1993 king

Hussein of Jordan Hussein bin Talal ( ar, الحسين بن طلال, ''Al-Ḥusayn ibn Ṭalāl''; 14 November 1935 – 7 February 1999) was King of Jordan from 11 August 1952 until his death in 1999. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of ...

appointed al-Majali as his Chief of Royal Protocol and with time he became one of the Kings top advisers. After the king's death in 1999,

King Abdullah II 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 ...

heir to Jordan's throne, appointed al-Majali as Deputy Prime Minister during the government of Prime Minister

Abdelraouf al-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. Po ...

on March 4. In 2010 al-Majali won the Jordanian Parliamentary elections and became a Member of Parliament representing the city of

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. He was then elected head of Jordan's Lower House Finance Committee.

Family

He is one of five children born to late Jordanian Prime Minister

. His eldest brother, Amjad Hazza' al-Majali, served as the Jordanian Ambassador in

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and

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, and eventually became Minister of Labor during the government of Ali Abu al-Ragheb. His brother, Lt. Gen.

Hussein Al-Majali Hussein Hazza' Majali ( ar, حسين هزاع المجالي; born 24 January 1960) is a Jordanian general and a former minister who served as Jordan's Interior Minister and Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs from 30 March 2013 to 17 May 201 ...

, was the Minister of Municipal and Rural affairs. His sister Princess Taghrid, is married to

Prince Muhammad bin Talal Prince Muhammad bin Talal (2 October 1940 – 29 April 2021) was a member of the Jordanian royal family. He was the second son of King Talal of Jordan and the younger brother of King Hussein of Jordan. He was heir-presumptive to the throne from ...

, the brother of King Hussein and uncle of King Abdullah II.http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/prince_muhammad.html Biographical Information , H.R.H. Prince Muhammad Bin Talal The Personal Representative of His Majesty the King Majali married Flare Zawati, daughter of Palestinian politician Adel Zawati, and had four children including Nasser Al Majali, who currently serves as Secretary General for the Jordan Olympic Committee.

References

External links

Prime Ministry of Jordan website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Majali, H.E Ayman Hazza 1949 births Living people Government ministers of Jordan Information ministers of Jordan Deputy prime ministers of Jordan Jordanian diplomats Members of the House of Representatives (Jordan)