HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL (HEC) RESHUFFLE OF PUBLIC

UNCLAS AMMAN 009855 SIPDIS ECA/PE/V/C/P; ECA/PE/V/G/N; NEA/PPD; NEA/ARN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV OEXC JO SUBJECT: HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL (HEC) RESHUFFLE OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS. ¶1. THE MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION DR. ISSAM ZABALAWI ANNOUNCED THE RESHUFFLE OF SEVEN (OUT OF EIGHT) PUBLIC UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS, EXCLUDING DR. WAJIH OWEIS, PRESIDENT OF THE JORDAN UNIVERSITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. THE RESHUFFLE TOOK PLACE ON DECEMBER 3, 2004. ¶2. THE NEW PRESIDENTS WILL BEGIN THEIR JOBS UPON THE ISSUANCE OF A ROYAL DECREE ENFORCING THEIR APPOINTMENTS, EXCEPT FOR DR. EID DAHIAT, PRESIDENT OF MU'TAH UNIVERSITY, WHO WILL REMAIN AS PRESIDENT OF MU'TAH UNIVERSITY UNTIL THE END OF HIS TERM ON THE FIRST OF MARCH OF 2005. ¶3. ACCORDING TO THE 2001 PUBLIC UNIVERSITY LAW, PRESIDENTS OF STATE-RUN UNIVERSITIES ARE APPOINTED BY A ROYAL DECREE FOR A FOUR-YEAR TERM RENEWABLE FOR A SECOND TERM. ¶4. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NEW PRESIDENTS: --DR. OMAR SHDEIFAT, PRESIDENT, HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY. DR. SHDEIFAT WAS THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM ON "HIGHER EDUCATION" IN 1993 WHEN HE WAS THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AT AL-AL BAYT UNIVERSITY. --DR. ABDUL RAHIM HUNEITI, PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN. DR. HUNEITI WAS THE DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AT THE COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION. --DR. ABDUL SALAM ABBADI, PRESIDENT OF AL AL BAYT UNIVERSITY. DR. ABBADI IS THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE HASHEMITE RELIEF AGENCY AND FORMER MINISTER OF AWQAF AND ISLAMIC AFFAIRS. --DR. MOHAMMAD SAEED SABARINI, PRESIDENT OF YARMOUK UNIVERSITY. DR. SABARINI WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF YARMOUK UNIVERSITY. --DR. OMAR RIMAWI, PRESIDENT OF BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY. DR. RIMAWI WAS THE DEAN OF SCIENCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN. --DR. SULEIMAN ARABIYAT, PRESIDENT, MU'TAH UNIVERSITY. DR. ARABIYAT IS A PROFESSOR AT THE FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN. HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF APPLIED SCIENCE UNIVERSITY AND FORMER MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE. --DR. RATEB AL ORAN, PRESIDENT OF AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY. DR. AL ORAN WAS THE DEAN OF TAFILEH COLLEGE, BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY. HALE