18 Facts About Nasser Judeh

Nasser Judeh is a Jordanian politician who served as Jordan's longest serving minister of foreign affairs, having served between 2009 and 2017 in eight consecutive governments.

Nasser Judeh served as deputy prime minister from 2015 to 2017.

Nasser Judeh serves as a senator in the Jordanian Upper House of Parliament.

Nasser Judeh was educated in the United States at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and obtained a bachelor of arts degree in international politics, law and organization in 1982.

Nasser Judeh served at the Royal Hashemite Court with King Hussein and then Crown Prince Hassan bin Talal from 1985 to 1992.

Nasser Judeh was appointed head of the Jordan Information Bureau in London in 1992 and served there until 1994.

Nasser Judeh's tenure lasted until 1998, when he was appointed director general of the Jordan Radio and Television Corporation.

Nasser Judeh was appointed minister of information in August 1998 and served as the official spokesman for the government.

Nasser Judeh left the government in 1999 and worked in the private sector for a few years.

Nasser Judeh returned to office in 2005 again as the official spokesman for the government, and subsequently was appointed minister of state for media affairs and communication in 2007, serving in that post until 2009.

Nasser Judeh was appointed by King Abdullah II as minister of foreign affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Nader Dahabi.

Nasser Judeh continued to serve as foreign minister in all the cabinets formed between 2009 and 2017.

Nasser Judeh held the portfolio of foreign minister for the fifth time in the cabinet who assumed the post on 11 October 2012.

Nasser Judeh retained his post in the second cabinet of Ensour formed on 30 March 2013.

Nasser Judeh was appointed to the Senate of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on 9 July 2017.

On 13 September 2017, Nasser Judeh was invited by the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to join the High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation comprising 18 internationally-recognized personalities who will bring experience and skills, deep knowledge and extensive contacts to this extremely important task.

Nasser Judeh was announced as a centennial fellow at the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University, his alma mater.

Nasser Judeh is the honorary co-chair of the binational Fulbright commission in Jordan.