Eid Al-Fayez


Eid Al-Fayez
Minister of Interior
In office
25 November 2007 – 23 February 2009
Minister of Interior
In office
27 November 2005 – 22 November 2007
Minister of State
In office
5 December 2001 – 14 January 2002
Minister of Labor
In office
19 June 2000 – 27 October 2001
Minister of Labor
In office
4 March 1999 – 18 June 2000
Personal details
Born 1945
Religion Sunni Muslim

Eid Al-Fayez (Arabic: عيد الفايز),(born 1945) is a Jordanian politician.

Personal information

Al-Fayez was born in 1945 in the village of Manja, Jordan. He is descended from a Bedouin tribe in Jordan called Bani Sakhr. In 1969 he received a Bachelor of Economics from the Beirut Arab University (BAU). From then until 1983 he worked in the private sector in the U.S., U.K., and Switzerland. Since 1983 he has held government positions such as Minister of Labour, Minister of State, Minister of Youth and Sports, and Minister of Interior[1] which he held for several years after the 2005 Amman bombings. He is currently married and has three children.

References

  1. ↑ Wilcke, Christoph; (Organization), Human Rights Watch (2008). Torture and impunity in Jordan's prisons: reforms fail to tackle widespread abuse. Human Rights Watch. pp. 51–. ISBN 978-1-56432-382-8. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
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