US embassy cable - 04AMMAN8832

UNCLAS AMMAN 008832 
 
SIPDIS 
 
ECA/PE/V/C/P; ECA/PE/V/G/N; NEA/PPD (DMACINNES); NEA/ARN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV OEXC JO 
SUBJECT: EXCHANGE PROGRAMS ALUMNUS MEMBERS IN THE JORDAN'S 
CABINET 
 
 
1.  PRMIE MINISTER FAISAL AL FAYEZ RESHUFFLED HIS GOVERNMENT 
ON OCTOBER 23, 2004. TEN NEW MINISTERS WERE SWORN-IN WHICH 
RAISED THE NUMBER OF THE CABINET FROM 21 TO 28 MEMBERS. IT 
ALSO INCREASED THE NUMBER OF WOMEN MINISTERS FROM THREE TO 
FOUR. 
 
2.  EXCHANGE ALUMNI MEMBERS IN THE CABINET ARE: 
 
A) PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF DEFENCE FAISAL AL FAYEZ, 
WAS SWORN IN ON OCTOBER 25, 2003.  MR. AL FAYEZ IS AN 
ALUMNUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM ON "ELECTION 
CAMPAIGN" IN 1988. 
 
B) THREE CONTINUING CABINET MEMBERS IN THE RESHUFFLE ARE 
ALUMNI OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAMS: 
 
--H.E. DR. AHMAD HILAYEL, MINISTER OF AWQAF AND ISLAMIC 
AFFAIRS.  DR. HILAYEL PARTICIPATED IN AN INDIVIDUAL IV 
PROGRAM ON "THE ROLE OF RELIGION" IN 1986. 
 
--H.E. MR. MARWAN MUASHER, FORMER MINISTER OF FOREIGN 
AFFAIRS.  MR. MUASHER IS ASSIGNED AS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER 
AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR PRIME MINISTRY AFFAIRS AND 
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE. MR. MUASHER PARTICIPATED IN A MULTI- 
REGIONAL PROJECT ON "NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN AMERICAN INDUSTRY" 
IN 1986. 
 
--H.E. MR. SAMIR HABASHNEH, MINISTER OF INTERIOR. MR. 
HABASHENEH PARTICIPATED IN A PARLIAMENTARY EXCHANGE PROGRAM 
IN 1993. 
 
C. A NEW MEMBER IN THE CABINET: 
 
--DR. MUNTHER SHARA, MINISTER OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT.  DR. 
SHARA PARTICIPATED THE FULBRIGHT SUMMER INSTITUTE ON "CIVIC 
EDUCATION AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT" AT RUSSELL SAGE 
COLLEGE, 1998. 
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