Nader al-Dahabi
| Nader Dahabi نادر الذهبي |
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| Prime Minister of Jordan | |
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In office 25 November 2007 – 14 December 2009 |
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| Monarch | Abdullah II |
| Preceded by | Marouf al-Bakhit |
| Succeeded by | Samir Rifai |
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| Born |
7 October 1946 Amman-Jordan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater |
Al Hussein College Hellenic Air Force Academy Cranfield University Auburn University |
| Religion | Islam |
Nader Dahabi (Arabic: نادر الذهبي) born 1946 in Amman Jordan, is a Jordanian politician, who was prime minister from 25 November 2007 to 14 December 2009. He took office following the resignation of Marouf al-Bakhit, and days after the parliamentary elections in which Islamists and opposition were defeated by pro-regime candidates. On 9 December 2009, he handed in his resignation to King Abdullah II, along with the rest of his government.
Born in Amman on 7 October 1946, Nader Dahabi is married with two sons and one daughter.
His brother Muhammad, former General Intelligence Directorate chief, was in 2012 convicted to 13 years imprisonment.
Dahabi graduated from Al Hussein College in Amman in 1964. Then he joined the Royal Jordanian Air Force. Nader succeeded at joining the Royal Jordanian Air Force and was sent on a scholarship to Greece where he received a BSc. in aeronautical engineering from the Hellenic Air Force Academy in 1969 and graduated top of his class. He has an MSc in aeronautical engineering from Cranfield Institute of Technology in the United Kingdom. He also received an Msc. in Public Administration from the Auburn University (Alabama, USA) in 1987.
He joined the Royal Jordanian Air Force as a cadet in 1964, he then got the position of assistant commander of the Royal Jordanian Air Force for logistics from 1992 to 1994.
He was CEO of Royal Jordanian Airlines from 1994 to 2001, and served as chairman of the Arab Air Carriers Organization from 1994-1995.
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