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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, the last Prime Minister under Hussein, who died in February 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|newspaper=Al Jazeera|date=26 April 2012|accessdate=18 August 2012}}</ref> He was in office until October 2012 when [[Abdullah Ensour]] 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>
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