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Saad Hayel Srour (born 1947) is a Jordanian politician. After entering the House of Representatives during the 11th Parliament he held stints as Minister of Water and Irrigation and later Housing and Works during the early 1990s. He served terms as Speaker of the
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during the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 17th Parliaments. Between November 2010 and July 2011 he was Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister.


Life

Srour was born in 1947 in Umm el-Jimal. He is from a
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family. He obtained a bachelor in civil engineering from the
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in Saudi Arabia. Srour first entered the House of Representatives during the 11th Parliament. On 1 January 1991 he was named Minister of Water and Irrigation in a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister
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. By November 1992 this had changed to Minister of Housing and Works. Srour later served in the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 17 Parliaments. He was first elected the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jordan in 1995. Srour subsequently was Speaker of the House for several sessions during the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Parliaments. On 16 July 2003 he won the election for Speaker against Abdul Hadi al-Majali with 65 against 40 votes. Srour was not successful in gaining a seat during the
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for the 16th Parliament. On 24 November 2010 Srour joined the government of
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as Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, replacing Nayef Qadi in a cabinet reshuffle. He continued as Interior Minister in the government of
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which was installed on 9 February 2011. He was made Deputy Prime Minister in al-Bakhit's cabinet. He lost both positions in a cabinet reshuffle on 2 July 2011, after he received criticism from protesters for excessive police-violence against demonstrators in the
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and for letting a for corruption jailed businessman leave the country for medical treatment. He was replaced by Mazen Saket. After being elected for Northern Badia in the
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, Srour was also elected Speaker of the House of Representatives on 10 February 2013 for a term concluding in November 2013, when a new ordinary session of legislation was scheduled to start. A total of eight Representatives put themselves up for election as speaker, with four of them withdrawing before the voting started. Of the total number of 150 Representatives only 146 were able to vote, as two were absent, one had resigned and one had died. In the first round of voting Srour gained 50 votes, Mohammad Al Haj of the Islamic Centre Party gained 54, Mustafa Shneikat gained 36, and Mahmoud Kharabsheh gained 5 votes. In the second round in which Srour competed against Al Haj, Srour gained 80 votes and Al Haj 62, Srour was therefore declared winner. Srour ran as well for the November 2013 elections for Speaker, at the opening of the regular session of parliament. On 30 October 2013 the list of candidates was down to five candidates, with deputies seeing Srour and
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as the strongest candidates. However, after the first round of voting on 3 November 2013 the candidates that passed to the second round were Tarawneh and Abdul Karim al-Doghmi. al-Doghmi withdrew his candidacy before the second round of voting, making Tarawneh the new Speaker of the House. Srour lost his seat in the House of Representatives in the
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. On 4 February 2019 Srour was named adviser for tribal affairs to King
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.


Political positions

Srour is seen as a conservative and a supporter of the monarchy of Jordan.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Srour, Saad Hayel 1947 births Living people Deputy prime ministers of Jordan Interior ministers of Jordan Water ministers of Jordan King Saud University alumni Members of the House of Representatives (Jordan) People from Mafraq Governorate Speakers of the House of Representatives (Jordan)