Trad Al-Fayez Explained

Honorific Prefix:His Excellency
Trad Mithqal Sattam Al-Fayez
Birth Date:31 September 1937
Alma Mater:The University of Oklahoma
Occupation:Politician
Father:Mithqal Al Fayez
Children:6
Relatives:Sattam Al-Fayez (Grandfather)
Akef Al-Fayez
Sami Al-Fayez

Trad Mithqal Al-Fayez (Arabic: طراد مثقال الفايز, Trad Al Fayiz; 31 December 1937) is a Jordanian politician born in Amman, Jordan. He was the minister of Agriculture, an ambassador of Jordan to multiple countries, and a member of the Jordanian senate.

Early life

Al-Fayez was born in Amman in 1937 to Sheikh Mithqal Al-Fayez and Adul Khayr.[1] He graduated from The University of Oklahoma in 1965 with a bachelor's degree in Political Science.[2] In 1967, following the Arab defeat in the Six-Day War, a wave of Palestinian refugees from the West Bank were to be resettled in Jordan, Trad, alongside his brothers Akef and Talal donated 130,000 square meters of land in the main urban center of Al-Jizah to host the refugees where the Talbieh Camp stands today.[3]

Political career

Honours

National

Foreign

See also

References

  1. Book: Alon, Yoav . The shaykh of shaykhs Mithqal al-Fayiz and tribal leadership in modern Jordan . Stanford University Press . 2016 . 9780804799348 . Stanford, California . 91.
  2. Web site: M'alli Al Sayyid Trad Al Fayez . The Jordanian Senate . Arabic.
  3. Web site: Talbieh Camp . 2023-09-05 . UNRWA . en.
  4. Web site: Previous Councils . The Jordanian Senate.