Tareq Salah Attalla Suheimat (23 September 1936 – 21 July 2014), was a distinguished Jordanian physician,

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, military General, and statesman. Born in the historic city of

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in southern Jordan, Suheimat studied 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 ...

's schools and then studied medicine in a number of universities, institutes and hospitals in the

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and the

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. He joined the

Jordanian Armed Forces The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) ( ar, الْقُوَّاتُ الْمُسَلَّحَةُ الأرْدُنِية, romanized: ''Al-Quwwat Al-Musallaha Al-Urduniyya''), also referred to as the Arab Army ( ar, الْجَيْشُ الْعَرَبي ...

where he reached the rank of Major General, and has held a number of senior responsibilities at both medical and governmental levels.

Education

* Received his primary and secondary education in the Jordanian capital, Amman. * He studied in Britain, where he received a degree in Medicine and Surgery –

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–

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(the first school to be granted an official charter for medical teaching in 1785) and the

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of London 1962. * Obtained a Specialty in Internal Medicine – and Renal diseases at leading UK hospitals. * Obtained at an advanced specialty in nephrology and renal transplantation – from

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, United States of America.

Medical Associations

* Member of the Jordan Medical Association. * Member and former Chairman of the Jordan Society of Nephrology . * Member and former Chairman of the Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation. * Member of the

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. * Member of the internal medicine society in Jordan. * Member and former chairman of nephrology board – Jordan Medical council . * Fellow

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National Societies

* Member of the Association of International Affairs. * Member of the Society of Friends of the poor patient. * Member and former Chairman of the British-Jordanian Friendship Society. * President of British University Medical Graduate Society in Jordan.

Experience

He joined the

– the Royal Medical Services and has held several positions including: * Director of the department of Internal Medicine and kidney diseases at King Hussein Medical Center. * Deputy Director of the Royal Medical Services Jordan. * Medical Director of King Hussein Medical Center. * Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at King Hussein Medical City. * Head of Nephrology, King Hussein Medical City. * Director of Hamad General Hospital in the State of Qatar. * Minister of Post and Telecommunications, The Government of

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in 1993. * Minister of Health, the government of Ali Abu al-Ragheb in 2000. * Member of the Senate of Jordan. * Chairman of the Board of Directors of Post and Telecommunications of Jordan. * Managed the first successful

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in Jordan (1972), in Amman military hospital, which is the first of its kind in the

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and Jordan. The kidney transplanted was from a non-heart-beating deceased donor.

Decorations

Some of the decorations Held: * The Grand Cordon of the first

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. * The Grand Cordon of the first

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. * The Grand Cordon of the second

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* Order of Military Merit First Class. * Order of the Renaissance of the second division. * Accepted the first International Society of Nephrology GO Pioneer Award for the Middle East region. The ceremony took place at the 11th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Jordan Society of Nephrology which was organized from 23 to 25 January 2013 in Amman, Jordan. * Has a number of research and medical articles, has represented Jordan in many conferences and seminars within and outside Jordan. * Amounted to a military career to the rank of

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, and retired in 1987. * Worked as a doctor accompanying the late King

Hussein Bin Talal 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 ...

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, and

Prince Muhammad bin Talal Prince Muhammad bin Talal (2 October 1940 – 29 April 2021) was a member of the Jordanian royal family. He was the second son of King Talal of Jordan and the younger brother of King Hussein of Jordan. He was heir-presumptive to the throne fro ...

Family

Tareq Suheimat is the son of MP Salah Suheimat and the grandson of Sheikh Attallah Suheimat, a national leader, who was a member of the First Legislative Council of the Emirate of Transjordan in 1929. He is married to Mrs. Randa Murad. He has three children: * Firas Tareq Suheimat (b. 1965) * Rawan Tareq Suheimat (b. 1969) * Salah Tareq Suheimat (b. 1971)

Death

His death was announced on 21 July 2014, corresponding to the twenty-third of the Holy Month of

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.Former minister Tareq Suheimat dies
The Jordan Times. 22 July 2014 He was honored with a

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and was buried in

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References

External links

Prime Ministry of Jordan website
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