Muhammad Bashir Ismail ash-Shishani (born 1933) is a Jordanian statesman and Major General of the
Royal Jordanian Army
The Royal Jordanian Army (Arabic: القوّات البرية الاردنيّة; ) is the ground force branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). It draws its origins from units such as the Arab Legion, formed in the British Mandate of Transj ...
, Bashir is also the former Minister of Agriculture of Jordan, and Mayor of
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 ...
, he is of
Chechen descent.
Biography
Muhammed was born in the city of Zarqa, Jordan in 1933.
Muhammed Studied military affairs in Pakistan. In 1963, he created the first Jordanian parachute unit. In 1964 he joined the united Arab command in Egypt. He was promoted to the command of an infantry brigade. In the mid-1960s, Bashir created the first military security unit, and later became the
Director of Military Intelligence of Jordan.
In 1971, he was in command of Task Force (Special Forces). In the serine of the 1970s, he continued his military training at the
Royal Defense College in London and a year later became Deputy Chief of Staff, after being appointed Brigadier General. In the same year he went on a
leave
Leave may refer to:
* Permission (disambiguation)
** Permitted absence from work
*** Leave of absence, a period of time that one is to be away from one's primary job while maintaining the status of employee
*** Annual leave, allowance of time away ...
, of his own free will.
Muhammad Bashir al-Shishani has held many important posts during his career. In addition to the posts of Minister of Agriculture and
Mayor of Amman, he headed the military intelligence of Jordan, infantry troops, the union of military veterans among other posts.
References
1933 births
Living people
Jordanian generals
Agriculture ministers of Jordan
Chechen people
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