Adnan Badran
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Adnan Badran
| Adnan Badran | |
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| Prime Minister of Jordan | |
| In office 6 April 2005 – 27 November 2005 |
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| Monarch | Abdullah II |
| Preceded by | Faisal al-Fayez |
| Succeeded by | Marouf al-Bakhit |
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| Born | December 15, 1935  Jerash, Jordan |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Adnan Badran (Arabic: عدنان بدران ) (born December 15, 1935) is a Jordanian scientist, academic and politician. He was the prime minister of Jordan from April 7, 2005 to November 27, 2005.
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Early life
Badran was born in Jerash, Jordan. He received his MS and Ph.D degrees from Michigan State University, and from 1966 to 1986, he was a professor of biology at several universities in Jordan, quickly becoming a leader in his field[citation needed] and the writer of several textbooks and many papers[citation needed], particularly about the development of science in the Arab world. Professor Badran founded and presided over Yarmouk University[citation needed], which was Jordan's first university to adopt the American style of higher education[citation needed]. Later on, he established the now-called Jordan University of Science and Technology, before he was forced to resign from his academic post.[citation needed] Badran also served as president of Philadelphia University, Jordan's top private university, up until becoming Jordan's Prime Minister in 2005.
He is currently serving as the president of Petra University,[1] which is considered as one of the leading private universities in Amman, Jordan.[citation needed]
Professor and politics
In 1987, Badran was appointed first Secretary General of the country's Higher Council for Science and Technology, the president of which is HRH Prince Hassan.
Professor Badran also served as agriculture minister and education minister briefly during the late 1980s. During the 1990s he became president of the Arab Academy of Sciences and the Philadelphia University of Jordan, positions that he still holds. From 1992 to 1998, he was deputy director of UNESCO.
Badran was appointed prime minister on April 7, 2005 by King Abdullah II as part of a new government which was to be more reformist than previous governments. Badran also became defense minister in the new government. After seven months, however, he and his government resigned over the slow progress of reforms and the frustration caused by the hotel bombings in Amman on November 9, 2005.[2]
Relatives
Badran's brother, Mudar Badran is also an important politician[citation needed] in Jordan and served as prime minister several times.
See also
References
- ^ Petra University
- ^ "Prof. Adnan Badran". http://www.ias-worldwide.org/profiles/prof9.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
External links
- Prime Ministry of Jordan website
- O-State Stories Oral History Interview with Adnan Badran, Oklahoma Oral History Research Program
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