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04AMMAN9855
2004-12-13 14:03:00
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HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL (HEC) RESHUFFLE OF PUBLIC

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131403Z Dec 04
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.


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.
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