He is Mr. Maher Farid Mahmoud Irsheed, of Palestinian origin from the city of Jenin, the son of Mr. Farid Irsheed, a member of the Agricultural Advisory Council in the Government of Palestine, a member of the Jordanian House of Representatives , a member of the Jordanian Senate since the announcement of the annexation in 1948 AD, the former minister, and brother of Princess Faryal . Irsheed, the ex-wife of Prince Mohammed bin Talal .

The positions he held

1. Media and tourism attaché at the Jordanian Embassy, Beirut 1965-1971.
2. Secretary of the Supreme Committee for the Affairs of the Occupied Territories 1971-1972.
3. Member of the Supreme Executive Committee of the National Union 1973
4. Member of the House of Representatives 1973-1987
5. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Solar Heaters Company Limited 1974-1976.
6. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Atlantic Joint Stock Company Limited 1975-1979.
7. Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab European Exchange Company 1979
8. Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Court Aluminum Company for the Free Zone in Syria 1979-1985
9. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab Development Group 1980
10. Founder of the Arab American University in Geneva 1995.
11. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab American University - Jenin 1995-2000
12. Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American University of Jenin 1999
13. Member of the Nineteenth Jordanian Senate 2001.

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