VIDEO: Former Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali passes away

Jordan

Published: 2023-01-03 21:36

Last Updated: 2024-03-28 14:57


VIDEO: Former Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali passes away
VIDEO: Former Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali passes away

Former Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali passed away Tuesday at the age of 98.

Majali was born in 1925 in Karak, Jordan, to a Syrian mother who was the second wife of his father.

He started his career as a doctor in the Arab Army, then joined the Royal College of Physicians in London, specializing in ear, nose, and throat, after that, Majali returned to the Jordanian Armed Forces.

In October 1994, he signed the Wadi Araba Treaty as he was the Prime Minister, then he convinced the House of Representatives of the treaty and succeeded in obtaining the parliament’s support.