INTERNATIONAL VISITOR ALUMNUS HEADS JORDAN'S

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. HALE