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Saad Hayel Srour

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 House of Representatives during the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 17th Parliaments. Between November 2010 and July 2011 he was Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister.

Saad Hayel Srour
Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
1995–1998
MonarchHussein of Jordan
Preceded byTaher al-Masri
Succeeded byAbdul Hadi al-Majali
In office
16 July 2003 – 2007
MonarchAbdullah II of Jordan
Preceded byAbdul Hadi al-Majali
Succeeded byAbdul Hadi al-Majali
In office
10 February 2013 – 3 November 2013
MonarchAbdullah II of Jordan
Preceded byAbdul Karim al-Doghmi
Succeeded byAtef Tarawneh
Interior Minister
In office
24 November 2010 – 2 July 2011
MonarchAbdullah II of Jordan
Prime MinisterSamir Rifai
Marouf al-Bakhit
Preceded byNayef Qadi
Succeeded byMazen Saket
Deputy Prime Minister
In office
24 November 2010 – 2 July 2011
MonarchAbdullah II of Jordan
Prime MinisterSamir Rifai
Marouf al-Bakhit
Member of the House of Representatives for Northern Badia
In office
23 January 2013 – 2016
Personal details
Born1947 (age 76–77)
Umm el-Jimal, Jordan

Life edit

Srour was born in 1947 in Umm el-Jimal.[1] He is from a Bedouin family.[2] He obtained a bachelor in civil engineering from the University of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.[3][4] Srour first entered the House of Representatives during the 11th Parliament.[3] On 1 January 1991 he was named Minister of Water and Irrigation in a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Mudar Badran.[5][6] By November 1992 this had changed to Minister of Housing and Works.[7] Srour later served in the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 17 Parliaments.[3] He was first elected the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jordan in 1995.[8] Srour subsequently was Speaker of the House for several sessions during the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Parliaments.[9] On 16 July 2003 he won the election for Speaker against Abdul Hadi al-Majali with 65 against 40 votes.[10] Srour was not successful in gaining a seat during the 2010 Jordanian general election for the 16th Parliament.[11]

On 24 November 2010 Srour joined the government of Samir Rifai as Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, replacing Nayef Qadi in a cabinet reshuffle.[12][13] He continued as Interior Minister in the government of Marouf al-Bakhit which was installed on 9 February 2011. He was made Deputy Prime Minister in al-Bakhit's cabinet.[14] 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 2011 Jordanian protests and for letting a for corruption jailed businessman leave the country for medical treatment.[15] He was replaced by Mazen Saket.[16]

After being elected for Northern Badia in the 2013 Jordanian general election, 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.[9] 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.[9]

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 Atef Tarawneh as the strongest candidates.[17] 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.[18] Srour lost his seat in the House of Representatives in the 2016 Jordanian general election.[19]

On 4 February 2019 Srour was named adviser for tribal affairs to King Abdullah II of Jordan.[20]

Political positions edit

Srour is seen as a conservative and a supporter of the monarchy of Jordan.[21][22]

References edit

  1. ^ Hānī Ḥūrānī (2004). Who's who in the Jordanian Parliament, 2003-2007. Al Urdun Al Jadid Research Center, UJRC. p. 169. ISBN 978-9957-15-035-8.
  2. ^ Suleiman al-Khalidi (24 November 2010). "Jordan PM shuffles cabinet ahead of new parliament". Reuters. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Saad Hayel Srour". jordanpolitics.org. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Guide to Political Life in Jordan 2007-2011" (PDF). Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2020.
  5. ^ "List of Members of Jordan's New Cabinet With AM-Jordan-Government". Associated Press. 2 January 1991. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020.
  6. ^ MEED. Economic East Economic Digest, Limited. 1991. p. 13.
  7. ^ B. Hunter (23 December 2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1993-94. Springer. p. 838. ISBN 978-0-230-27122-7.
  8. ^ "Jordanian House of Representatives - Political Figures and Major Events of the Councils of Representatives". 7 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-04-07.
  9. ^ a b c "Srour elected Lower House speaker". The Jordan Times. 10 February 2013. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  10. ^ "Jordanie Saad Hayel Srour élu à la tête de la Chambre des députés" (in French). L'Orient-Le Jour. 17 July 2003. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020.
  11. ^ Betsy Fisher (26 November 2010). "Jordan: Reactions to a New Government". Global Voices. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Jordanië". Montesquieu Instituut. 9 November 2010. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013.
  13. ^ "Royal Decree endorses new government". kingabdullah.jo. 24 November 2010. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Bakhit's Gov't Takes Oath". Ammon News. 9 February 2011. Archived from the original on 12 February 2011.
  15. ^ Ethan Bronner (2 July 2011). "Protests Spur Shuffle of Jordan Cabinet". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012.
  16. ^ "Jordan's Cabinet gets reshuffled amid PM scandal". NewsOK. 2 July 2011. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013.
  17. ^ Khaled Neimat (30 October 2013). "'House speaker race narrows down to Srour, Tarawneh'". The Jordan Times. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013.
  18. ^ "Atef Tarawneh elected Lower House speaker". The Jordan Times. 3 November 2013. Archived from the original on 8 November 2013.
  19. ^ Omar Obeidat (24 September 2016). "New Lower House includes 74 new faces". The Jordan Times. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018.
  20. ^ "Royal Decree appoints Srour as adviser to His Majesty for tribal affairs". kingabdullah.jo. 4 February 2019. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020.
  21. ^ Benjamin Schuetze (7 November 2019). Promoting Democracy, Reinforcing Authoritarianism: US and European Policy in Jordan. Cambridge University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-108-49338-3.
  22. ^ Curtis R. Ryan (26 June 2018). Jordan and the Arab Uprisings: Regime Survival and Politics Beyond the State. Columbia University Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-231-54656-0.
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