Alma mater Lebanese University Education Lebanese University | Parents Hazza' al-Majali Residence Amman, Jordan | |
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Relations Hazza' al-Majali, Hussein Al-Majali, Habis al-Majali, Princess Taghrid, King Hussein of Jordan King Abdullah II | ||
Ayman Hazza' al-Majali (Arabic: أيمن هزاع المجالي) is the former Deputy Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He is the son of Jordans late Premier Hazza' al-Majali. As a Member of Jordans House of Representatives he also headed the parliaments Lower House Finance Committee.
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Career
Al-Majali received his bachelor's degree in History from the Lebanese University in 1973. He began his political career working in the Jordanian Foreign Ministry before he became an attache at the Jordanian Embassy in Washington. In 1976 al-Majali returned to Jordan and was appointed acting Chief of Protocol for the foreign ministry until 1980 when he became the Director of the office of Queen Noor of Jordan. In 1993 king Hussein of Jordan appointed al-Majali as his Chief of Royal Protocol and with time he became one of the Kings top advisers.
After the kings death in 1999, King Abdullah II heir to Jordans throne, appointed al-Majali as Deputy Prime Minister during the government of Prime Minister Abdelraouf al-Rawabdeh on March 4.
In 2010 al-Majali won the Jordanian Parliamentary elections and became a Member of Parliament representing the city of Al Karak. He was then elected head of Jordans Lower House Finance Committee.
Family
He is one of five children born to late Jordanian Prime Minister Hazza' al-Majali. His eldest brother, Amjad Hazza' al-Majali, served as the Jordanian Ambassador in Bahrain and Greece, and eventually became Minister of Labor during the government of Ali Abu al-Ragheb. His brother, Lt. Gen. Hussein Al-Majali, is the Minister of Municipal and Rural affairs. His sister Princess Taghrid, is married to Prince Muhammad bin Talal, the brother of King Hussein and uncle of King Abdullah II.