US embassy cable - 05AMMAN5314

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Identifier:	05AMMAN5314
Wikileaks:	View 05AMMAN5314 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Amman
Created:	2005-07-03 13:32:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	PGOV PINR PBIO KDEM PHUM PREL ECON JO
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS AMMAN 005314 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV, PINR, PBIO, KDEM, PHUM, PREL, ECON, JO 
SUBJECT: JORDAN: CABINET RESHUFFLE ANNOUNCED 
 
REF: A. AMMAN 5065 
 
     B. AMMAN 4802 
 
1.  As widely anticipated, Prime Minister Badran reshuffled 
his cabinet on July 3, nearly three months after its initial 
appointment (refs).  The reshuffle resulted in the addition 
of three new cabinet positions, bringing the total to 29, 
including Badran.  Complete bios of the new ministers and 
analysis will follow septel. 
 
2.  The following changes to the cabinet were announced via 
royal decree: 
 
Deputy Prime Minister Marwan al-Muasher (formerly Minister of 
the Royal Court) 
 
Deputy Prime Minister Hisham al-Tel (he loses the title of 
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs) 
 
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Abdul Karim 
al-Malahmeh (replacing al-Tel) 
 
Minister of Culture Ameen Mahmoud (replacing Asma Khader) 
 
Minister of Finance Adel al-Qudah (replacing Bassem 
Awadallah, who resigned on June 16) 
 
Minister of State Mohammad Najadat (a new position in this 
cabinet) 
 
Minister of Justice Abed Shakhanbeh (replacing Mohammad 
al-'Alawneh) 
 
Minister of Agriculture Muzahem al-Muhaisen (replacing Yousef 
al-Shureiqi) 
 
Minister of Government Performance Ruwaida al-Ma'aytah 
(replacing Salah al-Bashir) 
 
Minister of Water and Irrigation Munther al-Shara'a 
(replacing Ra'ed Abu al-Sa'ud) 
 
3.  The following cabinet ministers will remain in their 
positions: 
 
Prime Minister and Defense Minister Adnan Badran 
 
Minister of Social Development Abdullah al-Uwaidat 
 
Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Abdel Salam al-Abaddi 
 
Minister of Municipal Affairs Tawfiq Kureishan 
 
Minister of Education and Higher Education and Scientific 
Research Khalid Touqan 
 
Minister of State for Legal Affairs Abed al-Shakhanbeh 
 
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Alia Hatough-Bouran 
 
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Azmi Khreisat 
 
Minister of Health Sa'id Darwazeh 
 
Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology 
Nadia Sa'id 
 
Minister of Transport Saud Nuseirat 
 
Minister of State for Development of the Public Sector Taysir 
al-Smadi 
 
Minister of Interior Awni Yarfas 
 
Minister of Foreign Affairs Farouq al-Qasrawi 
 
Minister of Public Works and Housing Yusef Hiyasat 
 
Minister of Industry and Trade Sharif al-Zoubi 
 
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Suheir 
al-Ali 
 
Minister of Environment Khalid al-Irani 
 
Minister of Labor Bassem al-Salim 
 
Please visit Embassy Amman's classified web site at 
http://www.state.sgov/p/nea/amman/ or access the site through 
the Department of State's SIPRNET home page. 
HALE