Wajih Azaizeh | |
Office: | Minister of State for Prime Ministry Affairs |
Termstart: | 27 September 2023 |
Primeminister: | Bisher Al-Khasawneh |
Birth Name: | Wajih Tayeib Azaizeh |
Birth Date: | 1955 |
Office1: | Minister of Transport |
Termstart1: | 7 March 2021 |
Termend1: | 27 October 2022 |
Succeeded1: | Ahmad Maher Abul Samen |
Alma Mater: | University of Aleppo (B) |
Termstart2: | 2012 |
Termend2: | 2013 |
Office2: | Minister of Social Development |
Primeminister2: | Awn Khasawneh Fayez Tarawneh Abdullah Ensour |
Succeeded2: | Khawla Armouti |
Birth Place: | Irbid, Jordan |
Office3: | Minister of Political and Parliamentary Affairs |
Monarch3: | Abdullah II of Jordan |
Primeminister3: | Bisher Al-Khasawneh |
Successor3: | Haditha Jamal Haditha Al-Khreisha |
Termstart3: | 27 October 2022 |
Termend3: | 26 September 2023 |
Predecessor: | Ibrahim Jazi |
Predecessor3: | Musa Habes Almaaytah |
Wajih Tayeib Azaizeh (born 1955 in Irbid) is the Jordanian Minister of State for Prime Ministry Affairs.[1] He was appointed as minister on 27 September 2023.[2] Previously he had served as Minister of Transport from 7 March until 27 October 2022 and Minister for Political and Parliamentary Affairs from 27 October 2022 until 26 September 2023.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Azaizeh holds a Bachelor in Civil Engineering (1979) from the University of Aleppo.
In 2008, Azaizeh was the Director-General of the Palestinian Affairs Department.[7] [8] From 2012 until 2013, he served as Minister of Social Development.[9]
In 2007, Azaizeh received the Independence Medal of the First Order.