Adnan Badran ( ar, عدنان بدران ) (born 15 December 1935) is a

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 Rive ...

ian politician and academic. He was the 35th

Prime Minister of Jordan The prime minister of Jordan is the head of government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The prime minister is appointed by the king of Jordan, who is then free to form his own Cabinet. The Parliament of Jordan then approves the programs ...

from 6 April 2005 to 27 November 2005.

Early life and education

Badran was born in

Jerash Jerash ( ar, جرش ''Ǧaraš''; grc, Γέρασα ''Gérasa'') is a city in northern Jordan. The city is the administrative center of the Jerash Governorate, and has a population of 50,745 as of 2015. It is located north of the capital city ...

, Jordan (then located in the

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, a part of the

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) on 15 December 1935. He received his bachelor of science from

Oklahoma State University Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New ...

(1959) and his MS and PhD degrees from Michigan State University (1963). Badran's brother,

Mudar Badran Mudar Mohammad Ayesh Badran ( ar, مضر بدران) (born 18 January 1934) is a Jordanian politician and government minister, and industrialist. He served as the 23rd Prime Minister of Jordan on three occasions from 1976 to 1979, then again from ...

, is a politician in Jordan and served as prime minister several times.

Professor and politics

In 1987, Badran was appointed first Secretary General of the country's Higher Council for Science and Technology, the president of which is Prince Hassan. He was agriculture minister and education minister briefly during the late 1980s. During the 1990s he became president of the Arab Academy of Sciences and the Philadelphia University of Jordan, positions that he still holds. From 1994 to 1998, he was deputy director of

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. Badran was appointed prime minister on 7 April 2005 by 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 ...

as part of a new government which was to be more reformist than previous governments. Badran also became

defense minister A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in s ...

in the new government. After seven months, however, he and his government resigned over the slow progress of reforms and the frustration caused by the

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in Amman on 9 November 2005. Badran was the president of Petra University. In September 2014, he became Chancellor at the university. He was the president of

Yarmouk University Yarmouk University ( ar, جامعة اليرموك), also abbreviated YU, is a comprehensive public and state supported university located near the city centre of Irbid in northern Jordan. Since its establishment in 1976, Yarmouk University (YU) ...

. Badran is a Fellow and former Vice-President of

The World Academy of Sciences The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) is a merit-based science academy established for developing countries, uniting 1,000 scientists in some 70 countries. Its principal aim is to promote scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable deve ...

. In July 2009, Badran with Moneef R. Zou'bi published the UNESCO Science Report 2010 on the Arab States. Badran was awarded

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Sungkyunkwan University Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU or simply ''Seongdae'', Hangul: 성균관대학교; Hanja: 成均館大學校) is a private comprehensive research university in South Korea. The institution traces its origins to the historic Sungkyunkwan, found ...

(1981), Michigan State University (2007), and Yarmouk University (2014). He is the author of 120 publications, including 22 books, and holds 4 patents.

Personal life

Badran resides in Dabouq. He has six children and seven grandchildren. On 1 April 2019, Badran's wife, Maha, died after a long illness at age 67.

References

External links

Oral History Interview with Adnan Badran
Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at the OSU Library
UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT 2010
The Current Status of Science around the World {{DEFAULTSORT:Badran, Adnan 1935 births Living people Michigan State University alumni University of Jordan alumni People from Jerash Prime Ministers of Jordan Heads of universities in Jordan Government ministers of Jordan Agriculture ministers of Jordan Defence ministers of Jordan Education ministers of Jordan Petra University faculty Philadelphia University (Jordan) faculty Palestine Technical University alumni

Early life and education

Professor and politics

Personal life

See also

References

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