With His Excellency Mr. Faisal Al-Fayez, President Senate in Jordanian Senate
Faisal Akef Al-Fayez (Arabic: فيصل عاكف مثقال الفايز; born 20 December 1952) is a Jordanian politician who was the 34th Prime Minister of Jordan from 25 October 2003 to 6 March 2005.
Al-Fayez is the only person in Jordanian history who was a Prime Minister, President of the Senate, President of the House of Representatives, and Head of the Royal Hashemite Court. He took office following the resignation of Ali Abu al-Ragheb. He previously served as Minister of Defense and is very close to King Abdullah II. He was educated at the College De La Salle, Amman, Jordan (1970) and then went on to Cardiff University, United Kingdom, where he received a degree in political science in 1978. In 1981, he attained his master’s degree in international relations from Boston University.
Al-Fayez was Consul at the Embassy of Jordan in Brussels from 1979 until 1983. He then held the post of Assistant Chief of Royal Protocol at the Royal Court from February 1986 until 1995, when he was promoted to Deputy Chief of Royal Protocol at the Royal Court. Four years later, in 1999, he became Chief of Royal Protocol at the Royal Court.
In March 2003, Al-Fayez was appointed Minister and head of the Royal Hashemite Court. He subsequently served as Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 16th Parliament of Jordan in 2010. He has served as a member of the Senate from 2007, and once again from 2013. He was appointed President of the Senate on 25 October 2015, replacing Abdelraouf al-Rawabdeh in that position. Al-Fayez was again appointed as the President of the Senate on September 27, 2020, by royal decree.
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