Wajih Azaizeh Explained

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]

Education

Azaizeh holds a Bachelor in Civil Engineering (1979) from the University of Aleppo.

Career

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]

Awards

In 2007, Azaizeh received the Independence Medal of the First Order.

References

  1. Web site: Jordanian king approves cabinet reshuffle . 2024-03-04 . english.news.cn.
  2. Web site: New ministers appointed in 5th reshuffle of Jordan's current gov't . 2022-12-09 . english.news.cn.
  3. Web site: Wajih Tayeib Azaizeh Upper House Twenty-seventh . 2022-12-09 . Guide To Jordanian Politics Life.
  4. Web site: 2021-03-07 . Jordanian PM reshuffles cabinet as anger grows over pandemic response . 2022-12-09 . Arab News . en.
  5. Web site: Ministers . 9 December 2022 . The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
  6. Web site: Ministers . 9 December 2022 . Ministry of Transport.
  7. Web site: Ministry of: Department of Palestinian Affairs . 2023-03-12 . portal.jordan.gov.jo.
  8. Web site: BUILDING PALESTINIAN STATE IS NO LONGER DREAM, BUT STRATEGIC VIABLE OBJECTIVE, JORDAN'S AMBASSADOR SAYS AS SEMINAR CONCLUDES UN Press . 2023-03-12 . press.un.org.
  9. Web site: Profiles of new ministers . 12 March 2023 . Jordan Times.