Tareq Salah Attalla Suheimat () (23 September 1936 – 21 July 2014), was a distinguished Jordanian physician,

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, military General, and statesman. Born in the historic city of

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in southern Jordan, Suheimat studied in

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's schools and then studied medicine in a number of universities, institutes and hospitals in the

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and the

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. He joined the

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where he reached the rank of Major General, and has held a number of senior responsibilities at both medical and governmental levels.

Education

* Received his primary and secondary education in the Jordanian capital, Amman. * He studied in Britain, where he received a degree in Medicine and Surgery –

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–

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(the first school to be granted an official charter for medical teaching in 1785) and the

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of London 1962. * Obtained a Specialty in Internal Medicine – and Renal diseases at leading UK hospitals. * Obtained at an advanced specialty in nephrology and renal transplantation – from

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, United States of America.

Medical associations

* Member of the

Jordan Medical Association 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 ...

. * Member and former chairman of the

Jordan Society of Nephrology 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 ...

. * Member and former chairman of the

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. * Member of the

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. * Member of the internal medicine society in Jordan. * Member and former chairman of nephrology board – Jordan Medical council . * Fellow

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National Societies

* Member of the Association of International Affairs. * Member of the Society of Friends of the poor patient. * Member and former chairman of the British-Jordanian Friendship Society. * President of British University Medical Graduate Society in Jordan.

Experience

He joined the

– the Royal Medical Services and has held several positions including: * Director of the department of Internal Medicine and kidney diseases at King Hussein Medical Center. * Deputy Director of the Royal Medical Services Jordan. * Medical Director of

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. * Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at King Hussein Medical City. * Head of Nephrology, King Hussein Medical City. * Director of Hamad General Hospital in the State of Qatar. * Minister of Post and Telecommunications, The Government of

Abdelsalam al-Majali Abdelsalam Atalla al-Majali ( ; ; 18 February 1925 – 3 January 2023) was a Jordanian physician and politician who served twice as Prime Minister of Jordan. Early life and education Majali was born in Al-Karak, Emirate of Transjordan, on 18 Fe ...

in 1993. * Minister of Health, the government of Ali Abu al-Ragheb in 2000. * Member of the Senate of Jordan. * Chairman of the Board of Directors of Post and Telecommunications of Jordan. * Managed the first successful

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in Jordan (1972), in Amman military hospital, which is the first of its kind in the

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and Jordan. The kidney transplanted was from a non-heart-beating deceased donor.

Decorations

Some of the decorations Held: * The Grand Cordon of the first

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. * The Grand Cordon of the first

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. * The Grand Cordon of the second

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* Order of Military Merit First Class. * Order of the Renaissance of the second division. * Accepted the first International Society of Nephrology GO Pioneer Award for the Middle East region. The ceremony took place at the 11th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Jordan Society of Nephrology which was organized from 23 to 25 January 2013 in Amman, Jordan. * Has a number of research and medical articles, has represented Jordan in many conferences and seminars within and outside Jordan. * Amounted to a military career to the rank of Major General, and retired in 1987. * Worked as a doctor accompanying the late King

Hussein Bin Talal 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-generatio ...

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, and

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Family

Tareq Suheimat is the son of MP Salah Suheimat and the grandson of Sheikh Attallah Suheimat, a national leader, who was a member of the First Legislative Council of the Emirate of Transjordan in 1929. He is married to Mrs. Randa Murad. He has three children: * Firas Tareq Suheimat (b. 1965) * Rawan Tareq Suheimat (b. 1969) * Salah Tareq Suheimat (b. 1971)

Death

His death was announced on 21 July 2014, corresponding to the twenty-third of the Holy Month of

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.Former minister Tareq Suheimat dies
The Jordan Times. 22 July 2014 He was honored with a

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and was buried in

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References

External links

Prime Ministry of Jordan website
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