Maha Ali (Politician)
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Her Excellency Maha Ali |
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| Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply | |
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In office 2 March 2015 – 1 June 2016 |
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| Monarch | Abdullah II |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ensour |
| Preceded by | Hatem Al Halawani |
| Succeeded by | Jawad Anani |
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Maha Abdel-Rahim Ali 17 May 1973 Amman, Jordan |
| Nationality | Jordanian |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater |
University of Jordan German Jordanian University |
Maha Ali (Arabic: مها علي ; born 17 May 1973) is a Jordanian politician and industrial engineer. She is the previous Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply of The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, assuming the position after a cabinet reshuffle in Abdullah Ensour's government on 2 March 2015.
Maha Ali was born in Amman in 1973. Her father is a prominent Jordanian doctor and retired general in the Jordanian Armed Forces. She is trilingual in Arabic, English and French. Ali has a B.Sc. in industrial engineering from the University of Jordan, a trade policy diploma from the WTO in Switzerland and an MBA from the German Jordanian University.
Ali began her political career in 1998. From August 1998 till February 2001, she was a researcher at the World Trade Organization. Ali was then assigned as the Head of Trade in the Services Section of the Foreign Trade Policy Department until April 2002. Between April 2002 and April 2003, she was assigned as a deputy economic counsellor at Jordan's permanent mission to the United Nations. In October 2003 she assumed the role of the director of the Foreign Trade Policy Department until 2010, when she became Secretary-General (deputy minister) of the ministry.
During her incumbency as Secretary-General, she led negotiations on Jordan's accession to the WTO and was the head of the Jordanian delegation on Jordan's adherence to the OECD. Ali also hosted the investments and trade pillar of the Deauville Partnership meeting in 2012 and has played a key role during joint committee meetings with Jordan's trade partners. She additionally led work on Jordan's free trade agreements with the US, Singapore, Canada and Turkey.
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