US embassy cable - 05AMMAN9145

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NEW JORDANIAN CABINET FORMED

Identifier: 05AMMAN9145
Wikileaks: View 05AMMAN9145 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Amman
Created: 2005-11-27 14:40:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PGOV PINR PREL JO
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

271440Z Nov 05
UNCLAS AMMAN 009145 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV, PINR, PREL, JO 
SUBJECT: NEW JORDANIAN CABINET FORMED 
 
 
1.  King Abdullah issued a royal decree November 27 approving 
the formation of a new government under Prime Minister Marouf 
al-Bakhit, who was named by the King to replace outgoing PM 
Adnan Badran on November 24.  The new government, counting 
Bakhit, is made up of 24 ministers.  Nine of these are 
returning from Badran's final cabinet.  Biographical 
background on the new ministers and analysis will follow 
septels. 
 
2.  Members of the new cabinet are: 
 
Prime Minister and Minister of Defense:  Marouf al-Bakhit 
 
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance:  Ziad Fareiz 
 
Foreign Minister:  Abdul Ilah Khatib 
 
Minister of Municipal Affairs:  Nader Thuherat 
 
Minister of Interior:  Eid al-Fayez 
 
Minister of Public Works and Housing:  Husni abu Gheida 
 
Minister of Education and Higher Education:  Khalid Touqan 
(carry-over from Badran cabinet) 
 
Minister of Justice:  Abed Shakhanbeh (carry-over from Badran 
cabinet) 
 
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources:  Azmi Khreisat 
(carry-over from Badran cabinet) 
 
Minister of Health:  Saeed Darwazeh (carry-over from Badran 
cabinet) 
 
Minister of Transportation:  Saud Nuseirat (carry-over from 
Badran cabinet) 
 
Minister of Industry and Trade:  Sharif al-Zoubi (carry-over 
from Badran cabinet) 
 
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation:  Suheir 
al-Ali (carry-over from Badran cabinet) 
 
Minister of Environment:  Khalid al-Irani (carry-over from 
Badran cabinet) 
 
Minister of Labor:  Bassem al-Salim (carry-over from Badran 
cabinet) 
 
Minister of Public Sector Development:  Salem Khaza'leh 
 
Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs:  Abdul Fatah Salah 
 
Minister of Water and Irrigation:  Mohammad Thafer al-Alem 
 
Minister of Agriculture:  Akef al-Zoubi 
 
Minister of Culture:  Adel Toweisi 
 
Minister of Political Development and Parliamentary Affairs: 
Sabri Irbeihat 
 
Minister of Social Development:  Suleiman Tarawneh 
 
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities:  Muneer Nassar 
 
Minister of Communications and Information Technology:  Omar 
Kurdi 
RUBINSTEIN 

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