Nader al-Dahabi
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| Nader Dahabi نادر الذهبي |
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| Assumed office 25 November 2007 |
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| Monarch | King Abdullah II |
| Preceded by | Marouf al-Bakhit |
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| Born | 7 October 1946 [citation needed] |
| Religion | Islam |
Nader Dahabi (Arabic: نادر الذهبي) (born 1946) is a Jordanian politician and military figure, who was named prime minister on November 25, 2007. He took office following the resignation of Marouf al-Bakhit, and days after the parliamentary elections in which islamists and opposition were defeated by pro-regime candidates.
Born in Amman on October 7, 1946, Nader Dahabi is married, with two sons and one daughter.
[edit] Education
Dahabi graduated from Al Hussein College in Amman in 1964. He received a BSc. in aeronautical engineering from the Greek Air Force Academy in 1969. He has an MSc in aeronautical engineering from Cranfield Institute of Technology in the United Kingdom. He also received an Msc. in Public Administration from the Auburn University (Alabama, USA) in 1987.
[edit] Positions
He joined the Royal Jordanian Air Force as a cadet in 1964, he then got the position of assistant commander of the Royal Jordanian Air Force for logistics from 1992 to 1994.
He has been CEO of Royal Jordanian Airlines since 1994, and served as chairman of the Arab Air Carriers Organization from 1994-1995, he still a member of the organization's executive committee.
Dahabi also has been Chairman of the Board of Royal Jordanian Air Falcons since 1994, is a member of the board of the Royal Jordanian Academy.
He also served as president of IATA from 1996-1997, and served as a member of the IATA board of governors from 1995-1998. He was named Minister of Transports by prime minister Faisal al-Fayez in 2001.
In March 2004, Dahabi was appointed as the Chief Commissioner of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA), a special economic zone established in 2001 on the Red Sea city of Aqaba.
On November 25, 2007 he was appointed as Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, he formed the first Jordanian government with four women.
[edit] Football
PM Dahabi is apparently an avid fan of AEK Athens FC. In May 2008, he alledgedly received a Nikos Lymperopoulos jersey as a gift from the Greek Minister of Defense, during an official visit of the latter to Amman.
