Ahmad Nouri Ziadat (born 1950) 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. He was

Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...

from 7 May 2021 until 18 September 2024. Previously he had served as Minister of State for Legal Affairs since 12 October 2020 in Bisher Al-Khasawneh's Cabinet led by Prime Minister

Bisher Al-Khasawneh Bisher Khasawneh (; born 27 January 1969) is a Jordanian politician and diplomat who served as the 43rd Prime Minister of Jordan and Minister of Defence from 12 October 2020 to 15 September 2024. Khasawneh was an ambassador of Jordan to Egypt, F ...

Education

Ziadat holds a

Bachelor of Law A Bachelor of Laws (; LLB) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners. This degree requires the study of core legal subje ...

(1983) from the

University of Jordan The University of Jordan (), often abbreviated UJ or JU, is a public university located in Amman, Jordan. Founded in 1962, and it is the largest and oldest institution of higher education in Jordan. It is located in the capital Amman in the J ...

, a

Master of Laws A Master of Laws (M.L. or LL.M.; Latin: ' or ') is a postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in another subject. In many jurisdi ...

(1985) from the

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and a

Doctor of Law A Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) is a doctoral degree in legal studies. The abbreviation LL.D. stands for ''Legum Doctor'', with the double “L” in the abbreviation referring to the early practice in the University of Cambridge to teach both canon law ...

(1989) from the

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Career

From 1983 until 1984, Ziadat was a research and teaching assistant at the University of Jordan. Between 1990 and 2003, he worked as an assistant professor at the University of Jordan and as a part-time lecturer at the Institute of Banking Studies,

Al-Ahliyya Amman University Al-Ahliyya Amman University (AAU) (or Amman University, or Amman Private University) is located in Amman, Jordan. Founded in 1990, it was the first private university in Jordan. King Abdullah. (2011). ''Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace ...

and Al-Bayt University. In 2003, he was named associate professor at the University of Jordan, and additionally served as the Dean of the Faculty of Law until 2005. In 2016, Ziadat was appointed Minister of State for Prime Ministry Affairs. From 2020 until 2021, he served as Minister of State for Legal Affairs. Between 7 May 2021 until 18 September 2024, Ziadat had been the Minister of Justice.

References

Alumni of the University of London Living people Place of birth missing (living people) State ministers of Jordan Justice ministers of Jordan 1950 births 21st-century Jordanian politicians University of Jordan alumni Academic staff of the University of Jordan Prime ministry affairs ministers of Jordan Harvard Law School alumni {{Jordan-politician-stub