Abdullah Ensour | |
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Prime Minister of Jordan | |
In office 10 October 2012 – 1 June 2016 |
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Monarch | Abdullah II |
Preceded by | Fayez al-Tarawneh |
Succeeded by | Hani al-Mulki |
Personal details | |
Born |
Abdullah Abdulkarim Hamdan Ensour 20 January 1939 Salt, Transjordan (now Jordan) |
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater |
American University of Beirut Pantheon-Sorbonne University |
Religion | Islam |
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Abdullah Ensour ( pronunciation AHB-duh-lah ehn-SOOR, Arabic: عبد الله النسور ʿAbd Allāh an-Nasūr; born 20 January 1939) is a Jordanian economist who was Prime Minister of Jordan between October 2012 and May 2016. A veteran statesman and politician, he has held various cabinet positions in Jordanian government in addition to being prime minister.
Ensour was born in Salt. He studied at the American University of Beirut where he obtained his bachelor's degree in statistics. He then continued to get his master's degree in institutions management, at the University of Michigan in the United States. He also obtained his Ph.D. in planning at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University