Mudar Mohammad Ayesh Badran (‎; 18 January 1934 – 22 April 2023) was a Jordanian politician, government minister, and industrialist. He served as the 23rd

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 ...

on three occasions from 1976 to 1979, then again from 1980 to 1984, and finally from 1989 to 1991.

Biography

Badran was born in

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, Jordan (then the Emirate of Transjordan, a colony of the United Kingdom) in 1934 to Palestinian parents. His father hailed from Nablus. He studied at the

Damascus University Damascus University () is the largest and oldest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus, with campuses in other Syrian cities. It was founded in 1923 as the Syrian University () through the merger of the Faculty of Medicine of Dama ...

in French Syria and graduated as a lawyer. Badran started his career as a young officer in the Jordanian army. Later, he served as the director of the General Intelligence Directorate in the 1970s, during

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. Following this troubled time, he became chief of the Hashemite Royal Court. He also served as Minister of Education. Badran became Prime Minister of Jordan from 1976 to 1984, with a brief interruption from 1979 until 1980. He was appointed to the position again on 4 December 1989, replacing Zaid bin Shaker after his resignation. Badran's third term lasted until 1991, when Jordan once again became a democracy, and the Senate gained its legitimate powers again after two decades with no parliamentary elections. He served more than eight years as prime minister, which made him the second longest-serving prime minister of Jordan, second only to

Zaid al-Rifai Zaid al-Rifai (; 27 November 1936 – 12 August 2024) was a Jordanian politician who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Jordan, prime minister of Jordan, holding office from May 1973 to July 1976 and again from April 1984 to April 1989. His s ...

. He also served as foreign minister from 1976 to 1979 and as defense minister for most of the time that he was prime minister. Badran was a close associate of

King Hussein Hussein bin Talal (14 November 1935 – 7 February 1999) was King of Jordan from 1952 until his death in 1999. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, Hussein was traditionally considered a 40th-generati ...

. In 1993, he was appointed a member of the

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. In 2011, he was given an honorary

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in economics from the Hashemite University. Badran was also the target of a failed assassination attempt in

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in February 1981 by the Syrian Defense Companies.

Personal life

Badran's younger brother, Adnan Badran was prime minister of Jordan in 2005. Badran lived in Abdoun neighborhood of Amman with his wife, Mo'mina. They had two sons and three daughters. His daughter, Reem Badran, served as a deputy in the

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. Phasing out of political life, Badran headed to the private sector where he started a steel company, Jordan Steel P.L.C., in 1993. It became a leading steel manufacturer in the country.

Death

Badran died on 22 April 2023, at the age of 89.

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