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'''Marouf Suleiman al-Bakhit''' ({{lang-ar|معروف البخيت}}; born 1947) was a [[Jordan]]ian politician and two-time [[List of Prime Ministers of Jordan|Prime Minister]]. He first served as Prime Minister from 27 November 2005 until 25 November 2007 and then again from 9 February 2011 to 17 October 2011. Bakhit also held the position of Jordanian ambassador to [[Israel]] and the national security chief. Appointed as Prime Minister by [[Abdullah II of Jordan|King Abdullah II]] less than three weeks after the [[2005 Amman bombings]], Bakhit's main priorities were to maintain security and stability in Jordan. He was reappointed as Prime Minister by the King on 1 February 2011, following [[2011 Jordanian protests|weeks of protests]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i7CT0mQSAPfDG6qfNW8mDM7KBNpw?docId=5820261 |title=Jordan's Royal Palace says king sacks government in wake of street protests |publisher=The Associated Press |date=1 February 2011 |accessdate=1 February 2011}}</ref>
He resigned from his post on 17 October 2011, and was succeeded by [[Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh]] on 24 October.
==Education==
Bakhit graduated with a bachelor's degree in General Management and Political Science from [[University of Jordan]]. He also earned a [[Masters in Public Administration]] from the [[University of Southern California]] in 1982, and a PhD entitled "''The Evolution of Egyptian Air Defence Strategy''" from [[King's College London]] in 1990.
==Military career==
Marouf al-Bakhit comes from Jordan's [[Al-Abbadi Tribe]]. He joined the [[Jordanian Armed Forces]] in 1964, and graduated from the Royal Military College in 1966 as [[Second Lieutenant]]. He retired from the Armed Forces in 1999 as [[Major General]].
==Prime Minister==
Bakhit has been Prime Minister twice, first from 27 November 2005 until 25 November 2007, and then from 1 February 2011.
===First term===
Bakhit was appointed by King Abdullah II less than three weeks after the [[2005 Amman bombings]]. The 2005 Amman bombings were a series of coordinated bomb attacks on three hotels in Amman, Jordan, on 9 November 2005. The attacks killed 60 people and injured 115 others.
After two years of trying to get reforms through the parliament, followed by a questionable election, he resigned and was replaced by [[Nader al-Dahabi]].
===Second term===
After two weeks of [[2011 Jordanian protests|street protests]], on 1 February 2011 King Abdullah fired his prime minister, [[Samir Rifai]], and re-appointed Bakhit to his old position. While continuing to maintain a moderate stance in respect to the United States and the 1994 Jordan-Israel peace treaty, al-Bakhit has promised to effect changes in election laws, decentralize authority and grant further rights to political parties.
King Abdullah II accepted his resignation on 17 October 2011 and appointed [[Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh]] as Prime Minister.
===Career highlights===
*Member of the Jordanian Delegation for [[Israel–Jordan peace treaty|Israel-Jordan peace treaty]]
*Lecturer of [[political science]] at [[Mutah University]] (1997–1999)
== See also ==
* [[List of Prime Ministers of Jordan]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120105012220/http://www.pm.gov.jo/ Prime Ministry of Jordan website]
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