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==Career==
Tarawneh was Jordanian ambassador to [[the US]] and headed the Jordanian delegation, which was in charge of peace negotiations with [[Israel]] in 1994.<ref name=tofi>{{cite news|title=Jordan’s king swears in new cabinet|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/jordans-king-swears-in-new-cabinet/|accessdate=29 January 2013|newspaper=The Times of Israel|date=2 May 2012|agency=AP|location=Amman}}</ref> Then he was appointed prime minister and served in this post from 20 August 1998 to 4 March 1999.<ref name=zawya/> Next he was named chief of the royal court in 1999.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.philembassy-amman.net/the-embassy/history/|title=History of the Embassy|publisher=Embassy of the Philippines in Amman|accessdate=25 October 2010}}</ref> The other cabinet posts he held include foreign minister and trade minister.<ref name=zawya/> Tarawneh was appointed senator in 2003.<ref name=zawya/>
 
Tarawneh was appointed to serve as prime minister a second time on 26 April 2012 after the sudden resignation of his predecessor, [[Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Jordan's prime minister resigns|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/2012426135051510986.html|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=26 April 2012|accessdate=18 August 2012}}</ref> He was in office until October 2012 when Abdullah Ensouri was appointed prime minister. Tarawneh was appointed chief of royal court by King Abdullah II on 28 January 2013, replacing Riyad Abu Karaki.<ref name=zawya>{{cite news|title=Fayez Tarawneh named Royal Court chief|url=http://www.zawya.com/story/Fayez_Tarawneh_named_Royal_Court_chief-ZAWYA20130129045653/|accessdate=29 January 2013|newspaper=Zawya|date=29 January 2013|location=Amman}}</ref>