Abdul Rahim Malhas
{{Short description|Jordanian politician (1937–2012)}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abdul Rahim Malhas
| office = Ministry of Health
| native_name_lang = عبد الرحيم ملحس
| country = Jordan
| monarch = Hussein of Jordan
| primeminister = Abdelsalam Majali
| death_date = September 29, 2012
| birth_date = June 28, 1937
}}
Abdul Rahim Malhas (28 June 1937 – 29 September 2012) was a Jordanian politician who served as Health Minister in the government of Abdelsalam al-Majali between 1993 and 1994. He was member of the 14th House of Representatives between 2003 and 2007.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/abdul-rahim-malhas-passes-away |title=Abdul Rahim Malhas passes away |publisher=The Jordan Times |date=29 September 2012 |accessdate=16 August 2015 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Life and Career
Abdul Rahim Malhas was born on 28 June 1937 in Amman, Jordan, to his father, the Palestinian Dr. Qassem Abdul Rahim Malhas, and mother, Suad Jude.{{Cite book |last=Publications |first=Publitec |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHCQBAFMwawC&pg=PA524 |title=Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008 |date=2011-12-22 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-093004-7 |language=en}} He was one of six children, along with his siblings Othman, Muhammad, Rehab, Ghazwa and Basma Malhas.{{Cite journal |date=October 2014 |title=INTRODUCTION |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1179/1752726014Z.00000000020 |journal=Bulletin of the Council for British Research in the Levant |language=en |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=1–20 |doi=10.1179/1752726014Z.00000000020 |issn=1752-7260}} His father, Dr. Qassem Malhas, was a pioneering physician who founded the first Jordanian-owned private hospital in Amman in 1945, known as "Malhas Hospital".{{Cite journal |last1=Khader |first1=Jamal |last2=Al Mousa |first2=Abdelatif |last3=Al-Kayed |first3=Samir |last4=Mahasneh |first4=Hana |last5=Mubaidin |first5=Rasmi |last6=Al Nassir |first6=Nabeel |last7=Khatib |first7=Sami |last8=Qasem |first8=Adnan |last9=Haddadin |first9=Inad |last10=Elayan |first10=Elayan |last11=Al Khatib |first11=Sondos |date=November 2020 |title=History and Current State of Radiation Oncology Services and Practice in Jordan |journal=JCO Global Oncology |language=en |volume=6 |issue=6 |pages=852–858 |doi=10.1200/GO.20.00074 |issn=2687-8941 |pmc=7328116 |pmid=32552006}}
Malhas graduated with a BSc in 1959 and an MD from the American University of Beirut in 1963.{{cite book|author=Publitec Publications|title=Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHCQBAFMwawC&pg=PA524|date=1 January 2007|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-093004-7|pages=524–}} He later worked in Jordanian army hospitals.
In 1994 he revealed corruption and embezzlement in health and food sectors by a publication in the newspaper Shihan.{{cite book|author=Jamil E. Jreisat|title=Politics Without Process: Administering Development in the Arab World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gamky0GjoXIC&pg=PA137|date=1 January 1997|publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers|isbn=978-1-55587-333-2|pages=137–}}{{cite book|author=Sa'eda Kilani|title=Against Corruption: The role of Arab Civil Society in Fighting Corruption|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_X9GAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA64|date=1 September 2007|publisher=Arab Archives Institute for Human Rights|pages=64–|id=GGKEY:5LSLRFCZZBU}}
Published Works
- limatha nahnu hakadha – asabab al-taraju'i al-'arabiyi (Why Are We Like This - The Reasons For The Arab Retreat), 2011{{Cite web |title=صحيفة عمون : "لماذا نحن هكذا _ اسباب التقهقر العربي" .. اصدار جديد لدكتور عبد الرحيم ملحس |url=https://www.ammonnews.net/article/84557 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=وكالة عمون الاخبارية}}
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Category:American University of Beirut alumni
Category:Health ministers of Jordan
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Jordan)
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