Trad Al-Fayez

Trad Mithqal Al-Fayez (Arabic: 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.

His Excellency

Trad Mithqal Sattam Al-Fayez
Born31 September 1937
Alma materThe University of Oklahoma
OccupationPolitician
Children6
Parent
RelativesSattam Al-Fayez (Grandfather), Akef Al-Fayez (Brother)

Early life

Al-Fayez was born in Amman in 1937 to Sheikh Mithqal Al-Fayez and Adul Khayr.[1] He graduated from The University of Oklahoma in 1965 with a Bachelors degree in Political Science.[2] In 1967, following the Arab defeat in the Six-Day War, a wave of Palestinian refugees from the West Bank 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.[3]

Political career
  • Minister of Agriculture of Jordan, 2002-2003[2]
  • Member of the Jordanian Senate, 2001-2003[4]
  • 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

Foreign
  •  Qatar:
    • Order of Independence

See also

References
  1. Alon, Yoav (2016). The shaykh of shaykhs Mithqal al-Fayiz and tribal leadership in modern Jordan. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 91. ISBN 9780804799348.
  2. "M'alli Al Sayyid Trad Al Fayez". The Jordanian Senate (in Arabic).
  3. "Talbieh Camp". UNRWA. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  4. "Previous Councils". The Jordanian Senate.
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