Ayman Hazza' al-Majali (

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: أيمن هزاع المجالي) is the former Deputy Prime Minister of the

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. He is the son of

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's late Premier

Hazza' al-Majali Hazza' Barakat al-Majali (1917 – 29 August 1960) () was a Jordanian politician that served as the two-time 11th Prime Minister of Jordan. His first term lasted one week in 1955, his second term lasted from mid-1959 until his assassination. ...

. As a Member of

's House of Representatives he also headed the parliament's Lower House Finance Committee.

Career

Al-Majali received his bachelor's degree in history from the

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in 1973. He began his political career working in the Jordanian Foreign Ministry before he became an attache at the Jordanian Embassy in Washington. In 1976 al-Majali returned to Jordan and was appointed acting Chief of Protocol for the foreign ministry until 1980 when he became the director of the office of

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. In 1993 king

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appointed al-Majali as his Chief of Royal Protocol and with time he became one of the Kings top advisers. After the king's death in 1999,

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heir to Jordan's throne, appointed al-Majali as Deputy Prime Minister during the government of Prime Minister

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on March 4. In 2010 al-Majali won the Jordanian Parliamentary elections and became a Member of Parliament representing the city of

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. He was then elected head of Jordan's Lower House Finance Committee.

Family

He is one of five children born to late Jordanian Prime Minister

. His eldest brother, Amjad Hazza' al-Majali, served as the Jordanian Ambassador in

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and

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, and eventually became Minister of Labor during the government of Ali Abu al-Ragheb. His brother, Lt. Gen. Hussein Al-Majali, was the Minister of Municipal and Rural affairs. His sister Princess Taghrid, is married to Prince Muhammad bin Talal, the brother of King Hussein and uncle of King Abdullah II.http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/prince_muhammad.html Biographical Information , H.R.H. Prince Muhammad Bin Talal The Personal Representative of His Majesty the King Majali married Flare Zawati, daughter of Palestinian politician Adel Zawati, and had four children including Nasser Al Majali, who currently serves as Secretary General for the Jordan Olympic Committee.

References

External links

Prime Ministry of Jordan website
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