US embassy cable - 05AMMAN3145

UNCLAS AMMAN 003145 
 
SIPDIS 
 
ECA/PE/V/M; ECA/PE/V/R/N; NEA/PPD (DBENZE); INFO NEA/ARN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OEXC SCUL JO 
SUBJECT:  INTERNATIONAL VISITOR ALUMNUS HEADS JORDAN'S NEW 
GOVERNMENT 
 
1.  NEW JORDANIAN PRIME MINISTER DR. ADNAN BADRAN, ALONG 
WITH A NEW CABINET, WAS SWORN IN ON APRIL 7, 2005.  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. H.E. MR. FAISAL AL FAYEZ, FORMER PRIME MINISTER AND 
MINISTER OF DEFENCE.  MR. AL FAYEZ IS APPOINTED AS CHIEF OF 
THE ROYAL COURT.  MR. AL FAYEZ PARTICIPATED IN THE 
INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM ON "THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN" IN 
1988. 
 
3. TWO CABINET MEMBERS ARE ALSO ALUMNI OF THE INTERNATIONAL 
VISITOR PROGRAM: 
 
--H.E. DR. MARWAN MUASHER, MINISTER OF THE ROYAL COURT.  DR. 
MUASHER PARTICIPATED IN THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM ON 
"NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN AMERICAN INDUSTRY" IN 1986. 
 
--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. 
 
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