Alaa Batayneh
{{short description|Jordanian businessman and politician (born 1969)}}
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| office = Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources
| monarch = Abdullah II
| primeminister = Abdullah Ensour
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| successor = Malek Kabariti
| term_start = 11 October 2012
| term_end = 30 March 2013
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1969}}
| birth_place = Amman, Jordan
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| alma_mater = George Washington University
| spouse = Princess Rahma bint Hassan
| nationality = Jordanian
| children = 2
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Alaa Arif Batayneh ({{langx|ar|علاء عارف البطاينة}}; born 1969) is a Jordanian businessman and politician. He is also the son-in-law of Prince Hassan bin Talal. Currently, serves Director of His Majesty Abdullah II office
Early life and education
Alaa Batayneh was born in Amman in 1969.{{cite web|title=Family|url=http://elhassanbintalal.jo/en/family/11-his-excellency-mr-alaa-batayneh|work=El Hassan bin Talal Website|access-date=24 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213193031/http://elhassanbintalal.jo/en/family/11-his-excellency-mr-alaa-batayneh}} His family, part of the Batayneh tribe, is from Irbid.{{cite web|title=Jordan's PM Reshuffles His Cabinet|access-date=24 January 2013
|url=http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=09AMMAN516|work=Wikileaks|date=24 February 2009|archive-date=5 June 2012|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605111636/http://cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=09AMMAN516}} His father, Arif Batayneh, is a former member of the parliament and former minister of health.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1991 and a Master of Science degree in management information systems in 1993, both from George Washington University.{{cite web|title=H.E. Eng. Alaa Batayneh|work=Property Link Event|year=2009
|url=http://www.propertylinkevent.com/pdf09/SPEAKERSFINAL.pdf|access-date=24 January 2013}}{{dead link|date=October 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}
Career
After graduation, Batayneh dealt with business until 2000 in different countries other than his native Jordan, including the United States and the United Kingdom. In addition, he is a member of the board of various firms.{{cite news|title=Ala'a Batayneh appointed as Al Salam's new Chief Executive Officer|url=http://www.ameinfo.com/134276.html|accessdate=24 January 2013|work=AMEinfo|date=8 October 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218235550/http://www.ameinfo.com/134276.html|archive-date=18 February 2011}} From 2000 to July 2005, he served as the general secretary at the ministry of transport. Then he was named as director general of the Jordan customs directorate in 2005 where he served until 2007.
Batayneh was appointed minister of transport to the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Nader Dahabi in November 2007, which was his first ministerial post.{{cite web|title=Biographies for Jordan's New government|publisher=Dazzlepod
|url=https://dazzlepod.com/cable/07AMMAN4693/|work=Wikileaks|accessdate=24 January 2013|date=26 November 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000204/https://dazzlepod.com/cable/07AMMAN4693/|archive-date=31 December 2013}} He became the minister of public works and housing in a cabinet reshuffle on 23 February 2009, replacing Sahel Majali in the post. Batayneh's term ended in November 2010, and he was named again as the minister of transport to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Samir Rifai.{{cite news
|title=New government sworn in|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/New+government+sworn+in.-a0243762769|access-date=14 March 2013|newspaper=The Star|date=29 November 2010}} Then he was appointed minister of energy and mineral resources to the cabinet formed by Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh in May 2012.{{cite news|title=Jordan's king swears in new conservative-dominated cabinet|access-date=24 January 2013|work=Al Arabiya|url=http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/05/02/211758.html|date=2 May 2012}}
Batayneh was named as the minister of energy and mineral resources as well as the minister of transport in the cabinet of Abdullah Ensour on 11 October 2012.{{cite news|author=Hani Hazaimeh|title=Ensour 20-strong Cabinet sworn in
|url=http://jordantimes.com/ensour-20-strong-cabinet-sworn-in|access-date=24 January 2013|newspaper=The Jordan Times|date=12 October 2012
|location=Amman|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617161025/http://jordantimes.com/ensour-20-strong-cabinet-sworn-in |archive-date=17 June 2013}} Batayneh's term ended on 30 March 2013, and he was succeeded by Malek Kabariti as minister of energy and mineral resources.{{cite news|title=Ensour 19-member Cabinet sworn in|url=http://jordantimes.com/ensour-19-member-cabinet-sworn-in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220113016/http://jordantimes.com/ensour-19-member-cabinet-sworn-in|archive-date=20 December 2014|access-date=29 June 2013|newspaper=The Jordan Times|date=30 March 2013|url-status=dead}} Nidal Katamine replaced him as transport minister as well. Batayneh was appointed next, by a royal decree, to the upper House of Parliament, becoming a Senator on 25 October 2013.
Personal life
Alaa Batayneh married to Princess Rahma, the eldest daughter of Prince Hassan bin Talal, in July 1997. They have two children named Aysha (born January 2002) and Arif (born February 2006).