Abdelraouf Rawabdeh | |
Office: | President of the Senate |
Term Start: | 24 October 2013 |
Term End: | 25 October 2015 |
Predecessor: | Taher al-Masri |
Successor: | Faisal al-Fayez |
Office2: | Prime Minister of Jordan |
Monarch2: | King Abdullah II |
Term Start2: | 4 March 1999 |
Term End2: | 19 June 2000 |
Predecessor2: | Fayez al-Tarawneh |
Successor2: | Ali Abu al-Ragheb |
Birth Date: | 18 February 1939 |
Birth Place: | Irbid, Transjordan |
Alma Mater: | American University of Beirut |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Abdelraouf Salem Nahar al-Rawabdeh (Arabic: عبد الرؤوف الروابدة; born 18 February 1939) was the 32nd Prime Minister of Jordan from 4 March 1999 until 19 June 2000, a leading political figure from the northern city of Irbid in Jordan.
In 1983 Al-Rawabdeh became the Mayor of Amman and would serve in that position until 1989. In 1989 he then joined the Jordanian Parliament as a member of the 11th Parliament of Jordan, and again in 1993 and 1997 until 2001 in the 12th and 13th Parliament of Jordan respectively.[1]
On 24 October 2013 he was named President of the Senate. Al-Rawabdeh is the first President of the enlarged Senate, which now has 75 members, where previously there had been 60 members.[2] After his resignation, Al-Rawabdeh was replaced as President of the Senate by Faisal al-Fayez on 25 October 2015.[3] [4]