Adnan Badran

Badran was born in Jerash, Jordan (then located in the Emirate of Transjordan, a part of the British Empire) on 15 December 1936.[1] He received his bachelor of science from Oklahoma State University and his MS and PhD degrees from Michigan State University.

Badran's brother, Mudar Badran, is a politician in Jordan and served as prime minister several times.[1]

Badran resides in Dabouq. He has six children and six grandchildren.

On 1 April 2019, Badran's wife, Maha, died after a long illness at age 67.

In 1987, Badran was appointed first Secretary General of the country's Higher Council for Science and Technology, the president of which is Prince Hassan.

Professor Badran also served as agriculture minister and education minister briefly during the late 1980s. During the 1990s he became president of the Arab Academy of Sciences and the Philadelphia University of Jordan, positions that he still holds. From 1992 to 1998, he was deputy director of UNESCO.

Badran was appointed prime minister on 7 April 2005 by King Abdullah II as part of a new government which was to be more reformist than previous governments. Badran also became defense minister in the new government. After seven months, however, he and his government resigned over the slow progress of reforms and the frustration caused by the hotel bombings in Amman on 9 November 2005.[2]

Badran served as the president of Petra University,[3] one of the leading private universities in Amman, Jordan. In September 2014, he became Chancellor at the university.

• List of Prime Ministers of Jordan

• Oral History Interview with Adnan Badran, Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at the OSU Library