ALUMNI OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM

UNCLAS AMMAN 001623 SIPDIS ECA/PE/V/P; ECA/PE/V/G/N; NEA/PPD (CBOURGEOIS, DMACINNES); INFO NEA/ARN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OEXC SCUL JO SUBJECT: ALUMNI OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM ¶1. A ROYAL DECREE WAS ISSUED ON MARCH 10 APPOINTING MR. FAISAL AKEF FAYEZ AS MINISTER OF THE ROYAL COURT. MR. FAYEZ HAS SERVED AS CHIEF OF ROYAL PROTOCOL FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. MR. FAYEZ, A JORDANIAN ALUMNUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM ON "ELECTION CAMPAIGN" IN 1988. ¶2. JUDGE TAGHREED HIKMAT, THE FIRST WOMEN EVER APPOINTED TO THE JUDICIARY, HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO BECOME THE FIRST FEMALE APPOINTED TO THE CRIMINAL COURT. JUDGE HIKMAT WAS APPOINTED IN 1996 AS ASSISTANT GENERAL FOR JUDICIARY CASES. SHE THEN ROSE TO BECOME THE FIRST FEMALE JUDGE AT THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT. JUDGE HIKMAT, AN ALUMNA OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM ON "THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS" IN 1997. GNEHM