Field Marshal
Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the most senior military rank, senior to the general officer ranks. Usually, it is the highest rank in an army (in countries without the rank of Generalissimo), and as such, few persons a ...
Fat'hi Abu Taleb (1933 – 3 November 2016) was a Jordanian army general who was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Jordanian military. He rose to become one of the most influential military men in Jordanian history. In addition to being a field marshal, he was also served as the head of the
General Intelligence Directorate (GID), as well as the
at Jordan's embassy in the United States from 1971 to 1974.
He was a close adviser to king
Abdullah II
Abdullah II (Abdullah bin Hussein; born 30 January 1962) is King of Jordan, having ascended the throne on 7 February 1999. He is a member of the Hashemites, who have been the reigning royal family of Jordan since 1921, and is traditionally reg ...
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Education
Abu Taleb graduated from the
Royal Military Academy in 1954.
He received a military science degree from the
Defence Services Staff College
The Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) is a defence service training institution of the Ministry of Defence, Government of India.
It trains officers of all three services of the Indian Armed Forces – (Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air ...
in India in 1966.
He received a master's degree in military science from the
University of Mutah, and a second master's in military science in the United Kingdom.
Upper House of Parliament
Abu Taleb was a member in the upper house of the
Parliament of Jordan
The Parliament of Jordan ( ') is the bicameral Jordanian national assembly. Established by the 1952 Constitution, the legislature consists of two houses: the Senate ( ''Majlis Al-Aayan'') and the House of Representatives ( ''Majlis Al-Nuwaab' ...
, in the twentieth, twenty-first and twenty-second senates. His service there ended with the dissolution of the twenty-second senate on 25 November 2010.
See also
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Jordanian Armed Forces
The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) (, romanized: ''Al-Quwwat Al-Musallaha Al-Urduniyya''), also referred to as the Arab Army (, ''Al-Jaysh Al-Arabi''), are the military forces of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. They consist of the ground forces, ...
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1933 births
2016 deaths
Jordanian generals
Jordanian diplomats
Members of the Senate of Jordan
Defence Services Staff College alumni
Mutah University alumni
People from Amman
Recipients of the Order of Independence (Jordan)
Recipients of the Order of The Star of Jordan
Recipients of Supreme Order of the Renaissance (Jordan)