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03AMMAN1623
2003-03-18 15:02:00
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Embassy Amman
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ALUMNI OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM

Tags:  OEXC SCUL JO 
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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

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