| Bassam Talhouni | |
| Office: | Senator in the Parliament of Jordan |
| Successor: | Awad Mashagbeh |
| Term Start: | August 2013 |
| Term End: | 29 September 2016 |
| Birth Place: | Amman |
| Party: | Independent |
| Nationality: | Jordanian |
| Office1: | Minister of Justice |
| Termstart1: | August 2013 |
| Termend1: | September 2016 |
| Primeminister1: | Abdullah Ensour Hani Al-Mulki |
| Successor1: | Awad Abu Jarad |
| Monarch1: | Abdullah II of Jordan |
| Predecessor1: | Ahmad Ziadat |
Bassam Talhouni (Arabic: بسام التلهوني; born 1964) is a Jordanian lawyer, academic and politician. He served as industry minister. Between August 2013 and September 2016 he was minister of justice.
Talhouni served as minister of justice in Bisher Al-Khasawneh's cabinet. He resigned with Samir Mobeideen on 28 February 2021 due to breaking lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan.[1]
Talhouni was born in Amman in 1964.[2] He received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in law from the University of Jordan.[2] He also holds a PhD in law from the University of Edinburgh which he obtained in 1997.
Talhouni registered at the Jordan Bar Association in 1988 and owns a law firm in Amman.[2] [3] He was assistant professor at the University of Jordan's law faculty.[4] He served as a member in the legislation and justice branch within the national agenda committee and companies' comptroller.[4] [5] He is a member of the Arab Society for Intellectual Property (ASIP).[3]
In August 2013, he was appointed justice minister to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour.[6] [7] He stayed on in Hani Al-Mulki's cabinet presented in June 2016.[8] He lost his position in the cabinet reshuffle on 29 September 2016, and was replaced by Awad Mashagbeh. Talhouni was subsequently appointed to the Senate.[9]