Ghaleb Zubi

Ghaleb Zubi
Minister of Justice
In office
11 October 2012 – 30 March 2013
Monarch King Abdullah II
Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour
Preceded by Khalifah Suleiman
Succeeded by Ahmad Ziadat
Minister of Interior
In office
May 2012 – 11 October 2012
Personal details
Born 1943 (age 71–72)
Salt, Jordan
Nationality Jordanian
Residence Amman
Alma mater Damascus University
Religion Islam

Ghaleb Zubi (born 1943) is a Jordanian lawyer and politician who served in different post at the various cabinets of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

Early life and education

Zubi was born in Salt in 1943.[1] He hails from one of the Jordan’s largest tribes in the north region.[2] He obtained a bachelor’s degree in law from Damascus University in 1967.[1] He also holds a master’s degree in law, which he received in Egypt in 1981.[1]

Career

After working as lawyer, Zubi joined politics. Then he served as director of the anti-narcotics department, the Amman police department,[3] and assistant director of the public security department.[4] Next, he served as member of parliament for two terms, from 1997 to 2001 and from 2003 to 2007.[1] He was a deputy for East Bank, the first district of Balqa.[5] During his term, he served as head of the legal committee in the lower house for eight years.[6] His first cabinet post was the minister of state for parliamentary affairs and he was appointed to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Nader Dahabi in a reshuffle on 23 February 2009.[3][7]

In May 2012, Zubi was appointed interior minister to the second cabinet of Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh, replacing Mohammad Al Raoud.[2] Zubi's term as interior minister lasted until 11 October 2012 when he was appointed justice minister to the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour.[8] On 30 March 2013, Zubi was replaced by Ahmad Ziadat as justice minister.[9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Profiles of Ministers". Jordan Embassy. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Jordan gets ‘conservative’ govt". The Nation (Amman). AFP. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Jordan's PM Reshuffles His Cabinet". Wikileaks. Amman. 24 February 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Profiles of New Ministers". The Jordan Times. 12–13 October 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Symbolic Parliamentary Resolution Against Iraqi Voter Registration Campaign". Amman: Wikileaks. 6 January 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Profiles of new ministers". The Jordan Times. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "New Jordanian ministers sworn in". BBC Monitoring International Reports. 24 February 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  8. ↑ Hazaimeh, Hani (12 October 2012). "Ensour 20-strong Cabinet sworn in". The Jordan Times. Jordan Embassy. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  9. ↑ "Ensour 19-member Cabinet sworn in". The Jordan Times. 30 March 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2013.