Ali Abu al-Ragheb
Ali Abu al-Ragheb ( Arabic علي أبو الراغب, DMG ʿAlī Abū r-Rāġib ; born 1946 in Amman ) is a Jordanian politician.
Life
Al-Ragheb studied Civil Engineering at the University of Tennessee and graduated with a BSc in 1967.
Abu al-Ragheb worked for the National Engineering and Contracting Co from 1971 to 1990 and was Managing Director there from 1986. In 1991 and 1996 he was appointed Minister of Industry and Trade. He was also appointed Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources in 1995. Abu al-Ragheb was elected as an independent candidate to the Jordanian parliament in 1993 .
He replaced Abdelraouf ar-Rawabdeh as Prime Minister of Jordan and held this office from June 19, 2000 to October 25, 2003. He was succeeded by Faisal al-Fayiz .
His name appeared in the Panama Papers published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in April 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Commencement address at University of Tennessee ( Memento of February 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Roger East, Richard J. Thomas: Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders . Routledge, 2003, p. 266
- ↑ Der Fischer Weltalmanach 2005, p. 240 books.google.de
- ↑ Panama Papers tax scandal: These heads of state and government appear in the documents . Focus
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ali Abu al-Ragheb |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | علي أبو الراغب (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jordanian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amman , Jordan |