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05AMMAN5473
2005-07-10 09:11:00
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Embassy Amman
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INTERNATIONAL VISITOR ALUMNUS HEADS JORDAN'S

Tags:  PGOV OEXC SCUL JO 
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UNCLAS AMMAN 005473 

SIPDIS

ECA/PE/V/M; ECA/PE/V/R/N; ECA/A/E/NEA/SA; NEA/PPD (DBENZE);
INFO NEA/ELA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV OEXC SCUL JO
SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL VISITOR ALUMNUS HEADS JORDAN'S
GOVERNMENT

UNCLAS AMMAN 005473

SIPDIS

ECA/PE/V/M; ECA/PE/V/R/N; ECA/A/E/NEA/SA; NEA/PPD (DBENZE);
INFO NEA/ELA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV OEXC SCUL JO
SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL VISITOR ALUMNUS HEADS JORDAN'S
GOVERNMENT


1. PRIME MINISTER DR. ADNAN BADRAN RESHUFFLED HIS TWO-MONTH-
OLD GOVERNMENT ON SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2005 WITH EIGHT NEW
MINISTERS SWORN IN BEFORE HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH. PRIME
MINISTER DR. BADRAN IS AN ALUMNUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
VISITOR PROGRAM ON "HIGHER EDUCATION" IN 1977. DR. BADRAN
HAS SERVED ON THE BOARD OF THE FULBRIGHT COMMISSION SINCE
AUGUST 15, 2000 AND SERVED AS CHAIRMAN FROM JULY 3, 2003
UNTIL HIS APPOINTMENT AS PRIME MINISTER.


2. FOUR CABINET MEMBERS ARE ALSO ALUMNI OF THE INTERNATIONAL
VISITOR PROGRAM AND THE FULBRIGHT PROGRAM:

--H.E. DR. MARWAN MUASHER, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. DR.
MUASHER PARTICIPATED IN THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM ON
"NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN AMERICAN INDUSTRY" IN 1986.

--H.E. MR. KHALED A. ZAND IRANI, MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT.
MR. IRANI PARTICIPATED IN THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM
ON "STUDENT LEADERS" WHEN HE WAS A STUDENT AT THE FACULTY OF
AGRICULTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN IN 1985. HE ALSO
PARTICIPATED WHEN HE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF WILDLIFE RESERVES,
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE IN A PROGRAM ON
"PARKS, RECREATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT" IN 1993.

--H.E. DR. MUNTHER AL SHARA, MINISTER OF WATER AND
IRRIGATION. DR. SHARA PARTICIPATED IN THE FULBRIGHT SUMMER
INSTITUTE ON "CIVIC EDUCATION AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT" AT
RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE, 1998.

--H.E. DR. AMIN MAHMOUD, MINISTER OF CULTURE. DR. MAHMOUD
PARTICIPATED IN THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM IN 1966
AND THE VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM ON "HIGHER EDUCATION IN
THE U.S." IN 1995.


3. H.E. DR. RUWAIDEH AL MA'AYTAH, MINISTER OF STATE FOR
MONITORING GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE HAS SERVED ON THE BOARD OF
THE FULBRIGHT COMMISSION, 2003.
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