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Abdelraouf Rawabdeh
عبد الرؤوف الروابدة
Rawabdeh in 1999
President of the Senate
In office 24 October 2013 – 25 October 2015
Preceded by	Taher al-Masri
Succeeded by	Faisal al-Fayez
Prime Minister of Jordan
In office 4 March 1999 – 19 June 2000
Monarch	King Abdullah II
Preceded by	Fayez al-Tarawneh
Succeeded by	Ali Abu al-Ragheb
Personal details
Born	(1939-02-18) 18 February 1939 (age 85) Irbid, Transjordan
Alma mater	American University of Beirut

Abdelraouf Salem Nahar al-Rawabdeh ( Arabic: عبد الرؤوف الروابدة; born 18 February 1939) was the 32nd Prime Minister of Jordan from 4 March 1999 until 19 June 2000, a leading political figure from the northern city of Irbid in Jordan.

Political experience

In 1983 Al-Rawabdeh became the Mayor of Amman and would serve in that position until 1989. In 1989 he then joined the Jordanian Parliament as a member of the 11th Parliament of Jordan, and again in 1993 and 1997 until 2001 in the 12th and 13th Parliament of Jordan respectively. ^[1]

On 24 October 2013 he was named President of the Senate. Al-Rawabdeh is the first President of the enlarged Senate, which now has 75 members, where previously there had been 60 members. ^[2] After his resignation, Al-Rawabdeh was replaced as President of the Senate by Faisal al-Fayez on 25 October 2015. ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of prime ministers of Jordan

References

External links

• Prime Ministry of Jordan website

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