Saad Hayel Srour

Saad Hayel Srour
Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
10 February 2013 – 3 November 2013
Succeeded by Atef Tarawneh
Member of the House of Representatives for Northern Badia
Assumed office
23 January 2013
Interior Minister
In office
24 November 2010 – 2 July 2011
Monarch Abdullah II of Jordan
Prime Minister Samir Rifai, Marouf al-Bakhit
Preceded by Nayef Qadi
Succeeded by Mazen Saket
Personal details
Born 1947 (age 68–69)
Mafraq, Jordan
Nationality Jordanian
Residence Jordan
Religion Islam

Saad Hayel Srour (born 1947 in Mafraq) is a Jordanian politician and the former Speaker of the House of Representatives. He is a Member of the House of Representatives for Northern Badia, being chosen in the elections of 23 January 2013. Previously he served as Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister[1] and was Speaker of the House for six sessions during the 12th, 13th and 15th Parliaments.[2]

Career

Srour joined the government of Samir Rifai as Interior Minister on 24 November 2010, he replaced Nayef Qadi in a cabinet reshuffle.[3] He continued as Interior Minister in the government of Marouf al-Bakhit. He was removed from office in cabinet reshuffle in July 2011, after he received criticism from protesters for excessive police-violence against demonstrators in the 2011 Jordanian protests and for letting a for corruption jailed businessman leave the country for medical treatment.[4] He was replaced by Mazen Saket.[5]

February 2013 Speaker election

After being elected for Northern Badia in the January 2013 elections, Srour was also elected Speaker of the House of Representatives on 10 February 2013 for a term concluding in November 2013, when a new ordinary session of legislation was scheduled to start.[2] A total of eight Representatives put themselves up for election as speaker, with four of them withdrawing before the voting started. Of the total number of 150 Representatives only 146 were able to vote, as two were absent, one had resigned and one had died. In the first round of voting Srour gained 50 votes, Mohammad Al Haj of Muslim Centre Party gained 54, Mustafa Shneikat gained 36, and Mahmoud Kharabsheh gained 5 votes. In the second round in which Srour competed against Al Haj, Srour gained 80 votes and Al Haj 62, Srour was therefore declared winner.[2]

November 2013 Speaker election

Srour ran as well for the November 2013 elections for Speaker, at the opening of the regular session of parliament. On 30 October 2013 the list of candidates was down to five candidates, with deputies seeing Srour and Atef Tarawneh as the strongest candidates.[6] However, after the first round of voting on 3 November 2013 the candidates that passed to the second round were Tarawneh and Abdul Karim Dughmi. Dughmi withdrew his candidacy before the second round of voting, making Tarawneh the new Speaker of the House.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Jordan's interior minister, Peruvian envoy discuss cooperation". Andina. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Srour elected Lower House speaker". The Jordan Times. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Jordanië". Montesquieu Instituut. 9 November 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  4. ↑ Ethan Bronner (2 July 2011). "Protests Spur Shuffle of Jordan Cabinet". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Jordan's Cabinet gets reshuffled amid PM scandal". NewsOK. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  6. ↑ Khaled Neimat (30 October 2013). "'House speaker race narrows down to Srour, Tarawneh'". The Jordan Times. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "Atef Tarawneh elected Lower House speaker". The Jordan Times. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
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