US embassy cable - 05AMMAN5473

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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