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==Early life and education==
Badran was born in [[Jerash]], Jordan., on 15 December 1935.<ref name=rulersba>{{cite web|title=Badran, Adnan|url=http://rulers.org/indexb1.html|publisher=Rulers|accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref><br /> He received his bachelor of science from [[Oklahoma State University]] and his MS and Ph.D. degrees from [[Michigan State University]].
Badran's brother, [[Mudar Badran]], is a renowned politician in Jordan and served as prime minister several times.<ref name=rulersba/>
Badran resides in Dabouq with his wife, Maha. Together, they have six children; Four sons and two daughters.
Educational Record:<br />
==Professor and politics==
- Ph.D. 1963 [[Michigan State University]], East Lansing, Michigan, USA.<br />
In 1987, Badran was appointed first Secretary General of the country's Higher Council for Science and Technology, the president of which is HRH [[Prince Hassan bin Talal|Prince Hassan]].
Professor Badran also served as agriculture minister and education minister briefly during the late 1980s. During the 1990s he became president of the Arab Academy of Sciences and the Philadelphia University of Jordan, positions that he still holds. From 1992 to 1998, he was deputy director of [[UNESCO]].
- M.Sc. 1960 [[Michigan State University]], East Lansing, Michigan, USA.<br />
Badran was appointed prime minister on 7 April 2005 by King [[Abdullah II]] as part of a new government which was to be more reformist than previous governments. Badran also became [[defense minister]] in the new government. After seven months, however, he and his government resigned over the slow progress of reforms and the frustration caused by the [[2005 Amman bombings|hotel bombings]] in Amman on 9 November 2005.<ref name="urlProf. Adnan Badran">{{cite web|url=http://www.ias-worldwide.org/profiles/prof9.htm|title=Prof. Adnan Badran |work=IAS|accessdate=9 February 2010}}</ref>
- B.Sc. 1959 [[Oklahoma State University]], Stillwater, Okla., USA.<br />
Badran served as the president of [[Petra University]],<ref>[http://wwww.uop.edu.jo Petra University]</ref> one of the leading private universities in [[Amman]], Jordan. In September 2014, he became Assistant President at the university.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}}
- Hon. Ph.D. 1981 [[Sungkyunkwan University]], Seoul, Republic of Korea.<br />
==See also==
- Hon . Doctorate in Science 2007, [[Michigan State University]], East Lansing, Mich. USA.<br />
* [[List of Prime Ministers of Jordan]]
- West Watkins distinguished Lectureship Award 2009, [[Oklahoma State University]] USA.<br />
- Honorary Professorship 2012, L.N.Gumilev [[Eurasian National University Astana-Kazakhstan]].<br />
- Hon. Doctorate in Business, 2014 [[Yarmouk University]], Jordan.<br />
==Voluntary==
* Member of the Board of Trustees of the baccalaureate- Amman, Jordan (1983 - )
* Member, Executive Committee of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation - Amman, Jordan (1985 - )
* Member, Board of Trustees of the King Hussein Foundation - Amman, Jordan (1999 - )
* Chairman of the Jubilee Institute - Amman, Jordan (2000 - )
* President of Arab Academy of Sciences. Beirut, (2003 - )
* Member, Board of Trustees of Masdar Institute of Technology, Abu Dhabi (2007 - ).
* Chairman of Board of Trustees of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED), Beirut (2008 - ).
* Member of UNESCO Good-Will committee on Discrimination in Education (2011- ).
* Member, Board of Trustees of Arab Thought Forum, Amman (2012 - )
* Vice President, The Higher Council for Science & Technology (H.C.S.T), Amman (2013 - )
* Chairman of Board of Trustees of Jordan University, Amman (2014 - ).
== Employment History ==
* 2007 - Professor of Biotechnology, University of Petra, Amman.
* 2007-2014 President, University of Petra, Amman
* 2009-2012 Chairman of the Administrative Board of Arab Thought Forum, Amman
* 2006-2010 Senator and chairman of the senate Committee on education science, culture and media.
* 2005 Prime Minister of Jordan & Minster of Defense.
* 1998-2005 President of Philadelphia University.
* 1994-1998 Deputy Director General (DDG), UNESCO, Paris..
* 1990-1994 Assistant Director General for Science (ADG/SC), UNESCO. Paris.
* 1989 Minister of Agriculture, Jordan - Minister of Education. Jordan
* 1986-1987 Secretary General of the Higher Council for Science and Technology, Jordan.
* 1976-1986 Founding President of Yarmouk University, Jordanand Founder of the Science and Technology University Campus (JUST University), Jordan.
* 1976-1986 Professor at Yarmouk University and at Jordan - University for Science and Technology and University of Jordan.
* 1971-1976 Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Jordan.
* 1966-1971 Assistant, Associate, Professor, Faculty of Science University of Jordan.
* 1963-1966 Senior Research Plant Physiologist and Biochemist at the United Fruit Research Laboratories,U.S. and Central America, and member of the Board of Management.
* 1960-1963 Research Assistant at Michigan State University/USA.
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