Mazen Abdellah Hilal al-Frayeh (born 1969) is the

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

Minister of Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

. He was appointed as minister on 7 March 2020.

Education

Frayeh holds a Bachelor in

Public Administration Public administration, or public policy and administration refers to "the management of public programs", or the "translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day",Kettl, Donald and James Fessler. 2009. ''The Politics of the ...

and a Bachelor in Military Sciences from

Mutah University Mu’tah University (, ''Jāmi‘atu Mu'tah'') is a public university in the Jordanian town of Mu'tah which was founded on 22 March 1981 by the Royal Decree to be a national institution for military and civilian higher education. Academics In ...

. In addition, he holds a Master in Military Sciences from Mubarak al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College and a Master in

Strategic Studies Strategic studies is an interdisciplinary academic field centered on the study of peace and conflict strategies, often devoting special attention to the relationship between military history, international politics, geostrategy, international ...

from the

United States Army War College The United States Army War College (USAWC) is a U.S. Army staff college in Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, with a Carlisle postal address, on the 500-acre (2 km2) campus of the historic Carlisle Barracks. It provides graduate-level instru ...

Career

Frayeh was the Vice-Chairman of the National Center for Security and Crisis Management. Additionally, he was Director of Operations at the General Command and served in the

artillery corps Artillery consists of ranged weapons that launch Ammunition, munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability to breach defensive walls and fortifications during sieges, and l ...

of the

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, ...

for 25 years and was an instructor and coordination officer at the Royal School of Artillery. Frayeh was appointed the Director of Operations of the Jordanian crisis cell to deal with the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. Since 7 March 2020, Frayeh has been the Minister of Interior.

References

1969 births 21st-century Jordanian politicians Interior ministers of Jordan Living people Mutah University alumni Mubarak al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College alumni United States Army War College alumni {{Jordan-politician-stub