Mohammad Dabbas Explained

Mohammad Abdul Razaq Dabbas
Office:Minister of Finance
Term Start:1976
Term End:1979
Primeminister:Mudar Badran
Predecessor:Salem Massadeh
Successor:Salem Massadeh
Birth Date:1927
Birth Place:As-Salt, Jordan
Alma Mater:University of Texas (M)

Mohammad Abdul Razaq Dabbas (1927 – 21 August 2014) was a Jordanian politician. Dabbas was born in Salt. He studied economics at the University of Texas, receiving a master's degree. He also completed a study of administration of University of California. Dabbas returned to Jordan and worked amongst others as director general of the Income and Sales Tax Department and the State Budget Department. He later served as Minister of Finance between 1976 and 1979 in the government of Mudar Badran.[1] [2] During his time in office he was engaged in obtaining financial aid for Jordan. In 1979 he obtained funding from Libya, which had severed ties from Jordan from 1970, for the funding a fertiliser plant near Aqaba and a potash mine near the Dead Sea.[3] For the 1980 fiscal year he expected that Jordan would continue to keep the same financial aid from Arab partners, while seeing a decline in US contributions.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former finance minister Mohammad Dabbas passes away . https://web.archive.org/web/20230818143812/https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/former-finance-minister-mohammad-dabbas-passes-away . The Jordan Times . 21 August 2014 . 31 August 2014 . 18 August 2023.
  2. Web site: Financial Ministers. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190310164258/https://mof.gov.jo/PressCenter/Photos/tabid/217/AlbumID/7/CurrentPage/1/selectedmoduleid/784/language/en-US/Default.aspx. mof.gov.jo. 10 March 2019.
  3. Book: Quarterly Economic Review of Syria, Jordan . Economist Intelligence Unit . 1978 . 27 November 2023 . 16.
  4. Book: Arab Petroleum Research Center . Arab Oil & Gas . Arab Petroleum Research Center . nrs. 187-198 . 1979 . 27 November 2023 . 15.