Ghaleb Zu'bi (born 1943) is a Jordanian lawyer and politician who served in different post at the various cabinets of

the Hashemite Kingdom of 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 ...

. Zu'bi was appointed

minister of interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and iden ...

by Prime Minister

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on 15 January 2017 and served in the post until 25 February 2018.

Early life and education

Zu'bi was born in Salt in 1943. He hails from one of the Jordan’s largest tribes in Salt city. He obtained a bachelor's degree in law from

Damascus University The University of Damascus ( ar, جَامِعَةُ دِمَشْقَ, ''Jāmi‘atu Dimashq'') is the largest and oldest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus and has campuses in other Syrian cities. It was founded in 1923 through ...

in 1967. He also holds a master's degree in law, which he received in Egypt in 1981.

Career

After working as lawyer, Zu'bi joined politics. Then he served as director of the anti-narcotics department, the Amman police department, and assistant director of the public security department. Next, he served as member of parliament for two terms, from 1997 to 2001 and from 2003 to 2007. He was a deputy for

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, the first district of Balqa. During his term, he served as head of the legal committee in the lower house for eight years. His first cabinet post was the minister of state for parliamentary affairs and he was appointed to the cabinet led by

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Nader Dahabi in a reshuffle on 23 February 2009. In May 2012, Zu'bi was appointed interior minister to the second cabinet of Prime Minister

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, replacing Mohammad Al Raoud. Zu'bi's term as interior minister lasted until 11 October 2012 when he was appointed justice minister to the cabinet headed by Prime Minister

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. On 30 March 2013, Zu'bi was replaced by Ahmad Ziadat as justice minister. On 15 January 2017, Zu'bi replaced

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in a government reshuffle. Zu'bi served until 25 February 2018.

References

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