Hussein Hazza' Majali ( ar, حسين هزاع المجالي; born 24 January 1960) is a Jordanian
general
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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 2015.
Early life and education
He was born in
Amman
Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...
in
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 ...
in 1960, the year his father Prime Minister
Hazza' Majali was assassinated. His brother, former deputy prime minister
Ayman Majali
Ayman Hazza' al-Majali (Arabic: أيمن هزاع المجالي) is the former Deputy Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He is the son of Jordan's late Premier Hazza' al-Majali. As a Member of Jordan's House of Representatives he ...
currently serves as a member of the Jordanian parliament.
Majali was commissioned on 23 January 1982 as a lieutenant. He holds a bachelor's degree in political sciences from
The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
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(1981), and a bachelor and a master of science in military sciences, from
Mutah University
Mu’tah University ( ar, جامعة مؤتة, ''Jāmi‘atu Mu'tah'') is a public university in the Jordanian town of Mu'tah which was founded on 22 March 1981 by the Royal Decree to be a national institution for military and civilian higher ed ...
, Jordan. He speaks Arabic,
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and
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.
Career
Majali worked in many military positions, progressing to the rank of
major general
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. Most notably, he held the position of the commandant of Royal Guards at the time of the late
King Hussein
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 ...
. He was decommissioned in 2002. He was appointed in 2005 as the ambassador of Jordan to
Bahrain
Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...
, a position he held until ٍ9 September 2010 when he was commissioned as the commandant of public security forces, after
Lieutenant General
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Mazen Al-Qadi was decommissioned. On 13 December the same year, Majali was promoted to the rank of
lieutenant general
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.
He was made Interior Minister in the new government of
Abdullah Ensour
Abdullah Ensour ( ; ar, عبد الله النسور '; born 20 January 1939) is a Jordanian economist who served as the 40th Prime Minister of Jordan between October 2012 and May 2016. A veteran politician, he has held various cabinet positions ...
in March 2013.
He resigned on 17 May 2015 after a police raid in the city of
Ma'an
Ma'an ( ar, مَعان, Maʿān) is a city in southern Jordan, southwest of the capital Amman. It serves as the capital of the Ma'an Governorate. Its population was approximately 41,055 in 2015. Civilizations with the name of Ma'an have existed ...
, of which civilians accused the security forces of using excessive force. The head of police, Tawfik al-Tawabla and the head of the gendarmerie Ahmed al-Swelmin were retired after the incident. Majali was replaced as Minister by
Salameh Hammad
Salameh Hammad (born 1 January 1944) is a Jordanian politician who has served as Minister of the Interior in the government of Jordan a number of times. He held the position from 1993 to 1995, from 1995 to 1996, from 2015 to 2016, from 2016 to 20 ...
on 19 May.
References
External links
Public Security Directorate - Jordan
{{DEFAULTSORT:Majali, Hussein
1960 births
Living people
Jordanian diplomats
Jordanian military personnel
Ambassadors of Jordan to Bahrain
Chiefs of police
Interior ministers of Jordan
Children of national leaders