Trad Mithqal Al-Fayez (

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: طراد مثقال الفايز, ''Trad Al Fayiz''; 31 December 1937) is a Jordanian politician born in Amman, Jordan. He was the minister of Agriculture, an ambassador of Jordan to multiple countries, and a member of the Jordanian senate.

Early life

Al-Fayez was born in Amman in 1937 to Sheikh Mithqal Al-Fayez and Adul Khayr. He graduated from

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in 1965 with a bachelor's degree in Political Science. In 1967, following the Arab defeat in the

Six-Day War The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states (primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, S ...

, a wave of Palestinian refugees from the

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

were to be resettled in Jordan, Trad, alongside his brothers Akef and Talal donated 130,000 square meters of land in the main urban center of Al-Jizah to host the refugees where the Talbieh Camp stands today.

Political career

* Minister of Agriculture of Jordan, 2002-2003 * Member of the Jordanian Senate, 2001-2003 * Member of the Jordanian Senate, 2003-2005 * Jordanian Ambassador to Qatar, 1993-1997 * Jordanian Ambassador to Lebanon,1997-1998 * Secretary General of the Ministry of Media, 1988 * Media Advisor to the Prime Minister, 1986-1988

Honours

National

* : **

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Star of Jordan ** JOR_Order_of_Independence_COMM

Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence

Foreign

* : ** Order of Independence

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