Majd Shweikeh (born 8 March 1966) is a Jordanian

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and

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. From March 2015 until June 2018 she had been Minister of information and communications technology. She previously served as CEO at Orange Mobile and VTEL.

Career

Shweikeh studied Finance at

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, and obtained a BsC with honors. From 2000 to January 2006 Shweikeh was CFO of Orange Mobile, she then became CEO of Orange Mobile and Vice President of Jordan Telecom Group, which she remained until May 2010. In July 2010 she was named CEO of VTEL Holdings, and in June 2011, Group CEO of VTEL Middle East and Africa Limited. After denouncing on

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the lack of women on boards of trustees of Jordanian universities, Shweikeh was asked to meet Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour in his office. After asking her about her plans on ICT he invited her to take a role in government. On 2 March 2015 Shweikeh was named minister of information and communications technology in the

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. In Hani Al-Mulki's cabinet, which was sworn in on 1 June 2016, Shweikeh kept her position as Minister of ICT and Minister of Public Sector Development. Shweikeh remained in office after a cabinet reshuffle on 28 September 2016, becoming one of two women in the 29-member cabinet. In March 2015 former MP Ali Dalaeen published a private photo of Shweikeh on Facebook, he criticized the wedding gown dress she was wearing and made other critical comments. Opponents of his actions then planned to sue Dalaeen, and accused him of violating norms. In 2016 ''

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Middle East'' named Shweikeh number 9 on a list of most powerful Arab women in government.

References

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