Mudar Badran

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = His Excellency

| name = Mudar Badran

| birthname = Mudar Mohammad Ayesh Badran

| honorific-suffix =

| image = Mudar Badran portrait.jpg

| caption = Portrait in 1960

| alt =

| office = Prime Minister of Jordan

| monarch = Hussein

| deputy =

| term_start = 13 July 1976

| term_end = 19 December 1979

| predecessor = Zaid al-Rifai

| successor = Abdelhamid Sharaf

| term_start2 = 28 August 1980

| term_end2 = 10 January 1984

| monarch2 = Hussein

| predecessor2 = Kassim al-Rimawi

| successor2 = Ahmad Obeidat

| term_start3 = 7 December 1989

| term_end3 = 19 June 1991

| monarch3 = Hussein

| predecessor3 = Zaid ibn Shaker

| successor3 = Taher al-Masri

| constituency_MP5 =

| predecessor5 =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|1|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = {{unbulleted list|Jerash, Emirate of Transjordan|(present-day Jordan)}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|4|22|1934|1|18|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| residence =

| party = Independent

| spouse = Mo'mina

| children = 5

| relatives = Adnan Badran (brother)

| alma_mater = Damascus University

}}

Mudar Mohammad Ayesh Badran ({{langx|ar|مضر بدران}}‎; 18 January 1934 – 22 April 2023) was a Jordanian politician, government minister, and industrialist. He served as the 23rd Prime Minister of Jordan on three occasions from 1976 to 1979, then again from 1980 to 1984, and finally from 1989 to 1991.

Biography

Badran was born in Jerash, Jordan (then the Emirate of Transjordan, a colony of the United Kingdom) in 1934 to Palestinian parents. His father hailed from Nablus.{{cite web|title=Badran, Mudar Seyyid Muhammad|url=http://www.s9.com/Biography/Badran-Mudar-Seyyid-Muhammad|publisher=s9|accessdate=15 January 2013}} He studied at the Damascus University in French Syria and graduated as a lawyer. Badran started his career as a young officer in the Jordanian army. Later, he served as the director of the General Intelligence Directorate in the 1970s, during Black September. Following this troubled time, he became chief of the Hashemite Royal Court. He also served as Minister of Education.

Badran became Prime Minister of Jordan from 1976 to 1984, with a brief interruption from 1979 until 1980. He was appointed to the position again on 4 December 1989, replacing Zaid bin Shaker after his resignation.{{cite news|last=Halaby|first=Jamal|title=Prime minister resigns|url=https://apnews.com/b33b7bf2b13e7ae68f71ceeb8ea32cef|accessdate=15 January 2013|work=Associated Press News|date=4 December 1989}}{{cite news|title=King Hussein on Monday appointed Mudar Badran|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1989-12-05/news/8912053028_1_badran-mudar-sharif|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216145116/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1989-12-05/news/8912053028_1_badran-mudar-sharif|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2013|accessdate=15 January 2013|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|date=5 December 1989}} Badran's third term lasted until 1991, when Jordan once again became a democracy, and the Senate gained its legitimate powers again after two decades with no parliamentary elections. He served more than eight years as prime minister, which made him the second longest-serving prime minister of Jordan, second only to Zaid al-Rifai.{{cite web|url=http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/government2_list.html|title=Prime Ministers of The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan|publisher=Government of Jordan|accessdate=22 February 2010}} He also served as foreign minister from 1976 to 1979 and as defense minister for most of the time that he was prime minister. Badran was a close associate of King Hussein.

In 1993, he was appointed a member of the Senate. In 2011, he was given an honorary PhD in economics from the Hashemite University. Badran was also the target of a failed assassination attempt in Amman in February 1981 by the Syrian Defense Companies.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hu.edu.jo/news/f_news_0_0.aspx?news_id=%2022518&dp=19-07-2011 |title=The Hashemite University news |access-date=19 September 2013 |archive-date=17 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517071150/http://www.hu.edu.jo/news/f_news_0_0.aspx?news_id=%2022518&dp=19-07-2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=Against all neighbors|url=http://www.gloria-center.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Chapter-4-Against-All-Neighbors.pdf|publisher=Gloria Center|accessdate=15 January 2013}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Personal life

Badran's younger brother, Adnan Badran was prime minister of Jordan in 2005.{{cite news|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/April/middleeast_April179.xml§ion=middleeast|title=New Jordanian government to be sworn in|work=Khaleej Times|accessdate=22 February 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608081002/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data%2Fmiddleeast%2F2005%2FApril%2Fmiddleeast_April179.xml§ion=middleeast|archivedate=8 June 2011}}

Badran lived in Abdoun neighborhood of Amman with his wife, Mo'mina. They had two sons and three daughters. His daughter, Reem Badran, served as a deputy in the House of Representatives.

Phasing out of political life, Badran headed to the private sector where he started a steel company, Jordan Steel P.L.C., in 1993. It became a leading steel manufacturer in the country.{{cite web |url=http://www.jordansteelplc.com/home.asp |title=Jordan Steel |accessdate=2013-08-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804004053/http://www.jordansteelplc.com/home.asp |archivedate=4 August 2013}}

Death

Badran died on 22 April 2023, at the age of 89.{{cite news|url = https://en.royanews.tv/news/41292/2023-04-22|title = Former PM Mudar Badran passes away|work = Roya News|date = 22 April 2023|accessdate = 22 April 2023}}