| Nathir Mifleh Mohammad Obeidat | |
| Office: | Minister of Health |
| Term Start: | 12 October 2020 |
| Term End: | 14 March 2021 |
| Primeminister: | Bisher Al-Khasawneh |
| Birth Date: | 20 December 1959 |
| Successor: | Firas Al-Hawari |
| Predecessor: | Saad Jaber |
| Alma Mater: | University of Jordan (M.Sc.) |
Nathir Mifleh Mohammad Obeidat (born December 20, 1959, in Hartha, Abila, Irbid)[1] is a Jordanian physician who currently serves as the President of the University of Jordan.[2] He held the role of Jordanian Minister of Health in Bisher Al-Khasawneh's Cabinet from October 12, 2020, until he stepped down on March 14, 2021.[3] [4] Prior to that, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Jordan, starting in 2016,[5] and later took on the role of spokesperson for media communications regarding the 2019 Coronavirus outbreak in Jordan.[6]
He tendered his resignation as Minister of Health in response to a request from the royal authorities, prompted by an oxygen supply failure at Salt Hospital, resulting in multiple fatalities.
Nathir is married and has three children.
Nathir initiated his academic journey by completing his General Secondary Education High School and obtaining his certificate in 1978. Following this, he obtained his MB.BS Degree of Medicine from the Bulgarian Medical Academy, "Ivan P. Pavlov", Plovdiv Medical University, Bulgaria, from 1979 to 1985. Nathir then began his medical career after passing the Internship Examination of the Jordanian Medical Council in 1987. He furthered his qualifications by achieving the Jordanian Board of Internal Medicine from the Jordan Medical Council in August 1994. Subsequently, he earned a Master's degree in Internal Medicine from the University of Jordan, completing a four-year training program from 1990 to 1994. His academic pursuits continued with a Diploma in Education from the University of Jordan earned in August 1996. Finally, he obtained a Fellowship in Respiratory Medicine and Sleep Medicine from the University of Sydney in Australia in December 2000, and later acquired the Jordanian Board in Respiratory Medicine from the Jordanian Medical Council in August 2002.
Since September 2007, Nathir has served as the Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, and concurrently as the Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at Jordan University Hospital (JUH). Additionally, he holds the positions of Director of the Division of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine and Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Jordan University Hospital.
Nathir gained professional experience that included several medical institutions: