Ali Abu al-Ragheb

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Ali Abu al-Ragheb (Arabic: علي أبو الراغب) (born 1946) was the Prime Minister of Jordan from June 19, 2000 until October 25, 2003. He is a 1967 graduate of the University of Tennessee.[1] He resigned and was replaced by Faisal al-Fayez.

One of the hot topics during his reign as prime minister was the arrest and jail time of Toujan Faisal, a prior PM and the first Jordanian woman ever elected to the parliment, after she had accused him of fraud.

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  1. ^ Commencement address at University of Tennessee
Preceded by
Abdelraouf al-Rawabdeh
Prime Minister of Jordan
2000–2003
Succeeded by
Faisal al-Fayez