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His Excellency
Mudar Badran
Mudar Badran portrait
23rd Prime Minister of Jordan

In office
13 July 1976 – 19 December 1979
Monarch King Hussein
Preceded by Zaid al-Rifai
Succeeded by Abdelhamid Sharaf

In office
28 August 1980 – 10 January 1984
Preceded by Kassim al-Rimawi
Succeeded by Ahmad Obeidat

In office
7 December 1989 – 19 June 1991
Preceded by Zaid ibn Shaker
Succeeded by Taher al-Masri
Personal details
Born Mudar Mohammad Ayesh Badran
1934 (age 90–91)
Jerash, Emirate of Transjordan (now Kingdom of Jordan)
Political party Independent
Alma mater Damascus University

Mudar Mohammad Ayesh Badran (Arabic language: مضر بدران‎) (born 18 January 1934) is a Jordanian former politician and government minister, and industrialist.

Biography[]

Badran was born in Jerash, Jordan (then the Emirate of Transjordan, a colony of the United Kingdom) in 1934.[1] He studied at the Damascus University 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 Director in the 1970s, during Black September. 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.[2][3] 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.[4] 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.

In 1993, he was appointed as a member of the Senate. In 2011, he was given and honorary PhD in economics from the Hashemite University. Badran was also the target of a failed assassination attempt in Amman in February 1981 by the Syrian Defense Companies.[5][6]

Personal life[]

Badran's younger brother, Adnan Badran is also a Jordanian politician.[7]

Badran resides in Abdoun with his wife, Mo'mina. Together, they have two sons and three daughters. His daughter, Reem Badran, is a former deputy in the House of Representatives.

Phasing out of political life, Badran headed to the private sector where he started a steel company; Jordan Steel P.L.C. since 1993, later on becoming Jordan's leading steel manufacturer.[8]

See also[]

  • List of Prime Ministers of Jordan

References[]

Political offices
Preceded by
Zaid al-Rifai
Prime Minister of Jordan
1976–1979
Succeeded by
Abdelhamid Sharaf
Preceded by
Kassim al-Rimawi
Prime Minister of Jordan
1980–1984
Succeeded by
Ahmad Obeidat
Preceded by
Zaid ibn Shaker
Prime Minister of Jordan
1989–1991
Succeeded by
Taher al-Masri
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