Adnan Badran (; born 15 December 1935) is a

Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...

ian politician and academic. He was the 35th

Prime Minister of Jordan The prime minister of Jordan is the head of government of the Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The prime minister is appointed by the List of kings of Jordan, king of Jordan, who is then free to form his own Cabinet of Jordan, Cabinet. Th ...

from 6 April 2005 to 27 November 2005.

Early life and education

Badran was born in

Jerash Jerash (; , , ) is a city in northern Jordan. The city is the administrative center of the Jerash Governorate, and has a population of 50,745 as of 2015. It is located 30.0 miles north of the capital city Amman. The earliest evidence of sett ...

, Jordan (then located in the

Emirate of Transjordan The Emirate of Transjordan (), officially the Amirate of Trans-Jordan, was a British protectorate established on 11 April 1921,British Empire The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, colonies, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, mandates, and other Dependent territory, territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It bega ...

) on 15 December 1935 to Palestinian parents. His father was from Nablus in Palestine. He received his bachelor of science from

Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University (informally Oklahoma State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States. The university was established in 1890 under the legislation of the Morrill Act. Originally known ...

(1959) and his MS and PhD degrees from

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State o ...

(1963). Badran's brother, Mudar Badran, was a politician in Jordan and served as prime minister several times.

Professor and politics

In 1987, Badran was appointed first Secretary General of the country's Higher Council for Science and Technology, the president of which is Prince Hassan. He was agriculture minister and education minister briefly during the late 1980s. During the 1990s he became president of the Arab Academy of Sciences and the Philadelphia University of Jordan, positions that he still holds. From 1994 to 1998, he was deputy director of

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International secur ...

. Badran was appointed prime minister on 7 April 2005 by King Abdullah II as part of a new government which was to be more reformist than previous governments. Badran also became

defense minister A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...

in the new government. After seven months, however, he and his government resigned over the slow progress of reforms and the frustration caused by the hotel bombings in Amman on 9 November 2005. Badran was the president of

Petra University The University of Petra is a private university located in Amman, Jordan. It grants bachelor's and master's degrees. The university includes students from over 33 nationalities from Arab and foreign countries. The university is located on the ai ...

. In September 2014, he became Chancellor at the university. He was the president of Yarmouk University. Badran is a Fellow and former Vice-President of

The World Academy of Sciences The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (TWAS) is a North–south research partnerships, merit-based science academy established for developing countries, uniting more than 1,400 scientists in some 1 ...

. In July 2009, Badran with Moneef R. Zou'bi published the UNESCO Science Report 2010 on the Arab States. Badran was awarded Honorary Doctorates by Sungkyunkwan University (1981),

(2007), and Yarmouk University (2014). He is the author of 120 publications, including 22 books, and holds 4 patents.

Personal life

Badran resides in Dabouq. He has six children and eight grandchildren. On 1 April 2019, Badran's wife, Maha, died after a long illness at age 67.

References

External links

Oral History Interview with Adnan Badran
Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at the OSU Library
UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT 2010
The Current Status of Science around the World {{DEFAULTSORT:Badran, Adnan 1935 births Living people Michigan State University alumni University of Jordan alumni People from Jerash Prime ministers of Jordan Heads of universities in Jordan Agriculture ministers of Jordan Defence ministers of Jordan Education ministers of Jordan Academic staff of Petra University Academic staff of the University of Jordan Academic staff of Jordan University of Science and Technology Academic staff of Yarmouk University Academic staff of Philadelphia University (Jordan) Palestine Technical University alumni Recipients of the Order of Independence (Jordan)

Early life and education

Professor and politics

Personal life

See also

References

External links