Ayman Majali Explained

Ayman Majali
Office:Deputy Prime Minister
Term Start:15 January 2000
Term End:18 June 2000
Office2:Minister of Information & Minister of Youth
Term Start2:1 September 1999
Term End2:18 June 2000
Office3:Chief Of Royal Protocol
Term Start3:1993
Term End3:1999
Office4:Member Of Parliament
Term Start4:2010
Term End4:2012
Birth Date:20 February 1949
Birth Place:Amman, Jordan
Alma Mater:Lebanese University
Residence:Amman, Jordan
Father:Hazza' Majali
Relatives:Hussein Majali (brother)
Princess Taghrid (sister)
Habis Majali (cousin)

Ayman Hazza' al-Majali (Arabic: أيمن هزاع المجالي) is the former Deputy Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He is the son of Jordan's late Premier Hazza' al-Majali.[1] As a Member of Jordan's House of Representatives he also headed the parliament's Lower House Finance Committee.[2] [3]

Career

Al-Majali received his bachelor's degree in history from the Lebanese University 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 Queen Noor of Jordan. In 1993 king Hussein of Jordan appointed al-Majali as his Chief of Royal Protocol and with time he became one of the Kings top advisers.[4] [5]

After the king's death in 1999, King Abdullah II heir to Jordan's throne, appointed al-Majali as Deputy Prime Minister during the government of Prime Minister Abdelraouf al-Rawabdeh on March 4.[6]

In 2010 al-Majali won the Jordanian Parliamentary elections and became a Member of Parliament representing the city of Al Karak. He was then elected head of Jordan's Lower House Finance Committee.[7]

Family

He is one of five children born to late Jordanian Prime Minister Hazza' al-Majali. His eldest brother, Amjad Hazza' al-Majali, served as the Jordanian Ambassador in Bahrain and Greece, and eventually became Minister of Labor during the government of Ali Abu al-Ragheb.[8] His brother, Lt. Gen. Hussein Al-Majali, was the Minister of Municipal and Rural affairs.[9] His sister Princess Taghrid, is married to Prince Muhammad bin Talal, the brother of King Hussein and uncle of King Abdullah II.[10]

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

  1. http://www.jordanembassyus.org/030699001.htm King names Rawabdeh to head new government
  2. http://www.jordantimes.com/index.php?news=42208 Smart cards proposed as means to target gov’t subsidies - Jordan Times
  3. http://jordantimes.com/index.php?news=33941 Lower House wants number of independent gov’t entities cut to 42 - Jordan Times
  4. http://www.jweekly.com/includes/print/10122/article/hussein-s-death-leaves-israel-jordan-in-flux/ Hussein’s death leaves Israel, Jordan in flux | Friday, February 12, 1999 | by MATTHEW DORF
  5. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1995-06-09/html/95-13832.htm Clintons Schedule Hillary Clinton's activities as First Lady, 1993-2001 | Page 1806
  6. Web site: King names Rawabdeh to head new government . 2012-02-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120217205725/http://www.jordanembassyus.org/030699001.htm . 2012-02-17 . King names Rawabdeh to head new government
  7. https://books.google.com/books?id=HzwhsWeVSW0C&dq=%22ayman+majali%22+%22royal+protocol%22&pg=PA78 The Arab center: the promise of moderation By Marwan Muasher
  8. http://www.bna.bh/portal/en/news/365694?date=2011-04-15 Labor Minister receives ALO director general 05/01/2004
  9. Web site: Public Security Directorate - Jordan . 2011-10-27 . 2015-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150503182445/http://www.psd.gov.jo/ . dead .
  10. 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

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