Saad Hayel Srour
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| office1 = Speaker of the House of Representatives
| term_start1 = 1995
| term_end1 = 1998
| monarch1 = Hussein of Jordan
| predecessor1 = Taher al-Masri
| successor1 = Abdul Hadi al-Majali
| term_start2 = 16 July 2003
| term_end2 = 2007
| monarch2 = Abdullah II of Jordan
| predecessor2 = Abdul Hadi al-Majali
| successor2 = Abdul Hadi al-Majali
| term_start3 = 10 February 2013
| term_end3 = 3 November 2013
| monarch3 = Abdullah II of Jordan
| predecessor3 = Abdul Karim al-Doghmi
| successor3 = Atef Tarawneh
| office4 = Interior Minister
| term_start4 = 24 November 2010
| term_end4 = 2 July 2011
| primeminister4 = Samir Rifai
Marouf al-Bakhit
| predecessor4 = Nayef Qadi
| successor4 = Mazen Saket
| monarch4 = Abdullah II of Jordan
| office5 = Deputy Prime Minister
| term_start5 = 24 November 2010
| term_end5 = 2 July 2011
| primeminister5 = Samir Rifai
Marouf al-Bakhit
| monarch5 = Abdullah II of Jordan
| office6 = Member of the House of Representatives for Northern Badia
| term_start6 = 23 January 2013
| term_end6 = 2016
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| birth_place = Umm el-Jimal, Jordan
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Saad Hayel Srour (born 1947) is a Jordanian politician. After entering the House of Representatives during the 11th Parliament he held stints as Minister of Water and Irrigation and later Housing and Works during the early 1990s. He served terms as Speaker of the House of Representatives during the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 17th Parliaments. Between November 2010 and July 2011 he was Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister.
Life
Srour was born in 1947 in Umm el-Jimal.{{cite book|author=Hānī Ḥūrānī|title=Who's who in the Jordanian Parliament, 2003-2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rPMVAQAAIAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Al Urdun Al Jadid Research Center, UJRC|isbn=978-9957-15-035-8|page=169}} He is from a Bedouin family.{{cite web|author=Suleiman al-Khalidi |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-jordan-government-1/jordan-pm-shuffles-cabinet-ahead-of-new-parliament-idUSTRE6AN3T820101124 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003211139/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-jordan-government-1/jordan-pm-shuffles-cabinet-ahead-of-new-parliament-idUSTRE6AN3T820101124 |title=Jordan PM shuffles cabinet ahead of new parliament |publisher=Reuters |date=24 November 2010 |archive-date=3 October 2020}} He obtained a bachelor in civil engineering from the University of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.jordanpolitics.org/en/lower-house-member/52/saad-hayel-srour/2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831174717/http://www.jordanpolitics.org/en/lower-house-member/52/saad-hayel-srour/2 |title=Saad Hayel Srour |publisher=jordanpolitics.org |date= |archive-date=31 August 2017}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/amman/05983.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003224506/https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/amman/05983.pdf |title=Guide to Political Life in Jordan 2007-2011 |publisher=Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung |date=2008 |archive-date=3 October 2020}} Srour first entered the House of Representatives during the 11th Parliament. On 1 January 1991 he was named Minister of Water and Irrigation in a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Mudar Badran.{{cite web|author= |url=https://apnews.com/article/88609331a2edbf01ac8a7d75507e6058 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003223354/https://apnews.com/article/88609331a2edbf01ac8a7d75507e6058 |title=List of Members of Jordan's New Cabinet With AM-Jordan-Government |publisher=Associated Press |date=2 January 1991 |archive-date=3 October 2020}}{{cite book|title=MEED.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GN5HAAAAYAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Economic East Economic Digest, Limited|page=13}} By November 1992 this had changed to Minister of Housing and Works.{{cite book|author=B. Hunter|title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1993-94|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=447JDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA838|date=23 December 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-230-27122-7|page=838}} Srour later served in the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 17 Parliaments. He was first elected the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jordan in 1995.{{Cite web|url=http://www.representatives.jo/english/history.shtm|title=Jordanian House of Representatives - Political Figures and Major Events of the Councils of Representatives|date=7 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407010047/http://www.representatives.jo/english/history.shtm|archive-date=2012-04-07}} Srour subsequently was Speaker of the House for several sessions during the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Parliaments.{{cite web |author= |url=http://jordantimes.com/srour-elected-lower-house-speaker |title=Srour elected Lower House speaker |publisher=The Jordan Times |date=10 February 2013 |accessdate=17 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023032340/http://jordantimes.com/srour-elected-lower-house-speaker |archivedate=23 October 2013 |df= }} On 16 July 2003 he won the election for Speaker against Abdul Hadi al-Majali with 65 against 40 votes.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/450381/Jordanie__Saad_Hayel_Srour_elu_a_la_tete__de_la_Chambre_des_deputes.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003215637/https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/450381/Jordanie__Saad_Hayel_Srour_elu_a_la_tete__de_la_Chambre_des_deputes.html |title=Jordanie Saad Hayel Srour élu à la tête de la Chambre des députés |language=fr |publisher=L'Orient-Le Jour |date=17 July 2003 |archive-date=3 October 2020}} Srour was not successful in gaining a seat during the 2010 Jordanian general election for the 16th Parliament.{{cite web|author=Betsy Fisher |url=https://globalvoices.org/2010/11/26/jordan-reactions-to-a-new-government/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003211552/https://globalvoices.org/2010/11/26/jordan-reactions-to-a-new-government/ |title=Jordan: Reactions to a New Government |publisher=Global Voices |date=26 November 2010 |archive-date=3 October 2020}}
On 24 November 2010 Srour joined the government of Samir Rifai as Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, replacing Nayef Qadi in a cabinet reshuffle.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.montesquieu-instituut.nl/id/vgaxlcr1jzjx/jordanie?start_008_0ba=5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017212242/http://www.montesquieu-instituut.nl/id/vgaxlcr1jzjx/jordanie?start_008_0ba=5 |title=Jordanië |publisher=Montesquieu Instituut |date=9 November 2010 |archive-date=17 October 2013}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://kingabdullah.jo/en/news/royal-decree-endorses-new-government |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003210613/https://kingabdullah.jo/en/news/royal-decree-endorses-new-government |title=Royal Decree endorses new government |publisher=kingabdullah.jo |date=24 November 2010 |archive-date=3 October 2020}} He continued as Interior Minister in the government of Marouf al-Bakhit which was installed on 9 February 2011. He was made Deputy Prime Minister in al-Bakhit's cabinet.{{cite web|author= |url=http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleno=11529#.X3jfkGgzYdU |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212145351/http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleno=11529 |title=Bakhit's Gov't Takes Oath |publisher=Ammon News |date=9 February 2011 |archive-date=12 February 2011}} He lost both positions in a cabinet reshuffle on 2 July 2011, after he received criticism from protesters for excessive police-violence against demonstrators in the 2011 Jordanian protests and for letting a for corruption jailed businessman leave the country for medical treatment.{{cite web|author=Ethan Bronner |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/world/middleeast/03jordan.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308081854/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/world/middleeast/03jordan.html |title=Protests Spur Shuffle of Jordan Cabinet |work=The New York Times |date=2 July 2011 |archive-date=8 March 2012}} He was replaced by Mazen Saket.{{cite web|author= |url=http://newsok.com/jordans-cabinet-gets-reshuffled-amid-pm-scandal/article/feed/273084 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017202737/http://newsok.com/jordans-cabinet-gets-reshuffled-amid-pm-scandal/article/feed/273084 |title=Jordan's Cabinet gets reshuffled amid PM scandal |publisher=NewsOK |date=2 July 2011 |archive-date=17 October 2013}}
After being elected for Northern Badia in the 2013 Jordanian general election, Srour was also elected Speaker of the House of Representatives on 10 February 2013 for a term concluding in November 2013, when a new ordinary session of legislation was scheduled to start. A total of eight Representatives put themselves up for election as speaker, with four of them withdrawing before the voting started. Of the total number of 150 Representatives only 146 were able to vote, as two were absent, one had resigned and one had died. In the first round of voting Srour gained 50 votes, Mohammad Al Haj of the Islamic Centre Party gained 54, Mustafa Shneikat gained 36, and Mahmoud Kharabsheh gained 5 votes. In the second round in which Srour competed against Al Haj, Srour gained 80 votes and Al Haj 62, Srour was therefore declared winner.
Srour ran as well for the November 2013 elections for Speaker, at the opening of the regular session of parliament. On 30 October 2013 the list of candidates was down to five candidates, with deputies seeing Srour and Atef Tarawneh as the strongest candidates.{{cite web|author=Khaled Neimat |url=http://jordantimes.com/house-speaker-race-narrows-down-to-srour-tarawneh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102153451/http://jordantimes.com/house-speaker-race-narrows-down-to-srour-tarawneh |title='House speaker race narrows down to Srour, Tarawneh' |publisher=The Jordan Times |date=30 October 2013 |archive-date=2 November 2013}} However, after the first round of voting on 3 November 2013 the candidates that passed to the second round were Tarawneh and Abdul Karim al-Doghmi. al-Doghmi withdrew his candidacy before the second round of voting, making Tarawneh the new Speaker of the House.{{cite web|author= |url=http://jordantimes.com/atef-tarawneh-elected-lower-house-speaker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108230933/http://jordantimes.com/atef-tarawneh-elected-lower-house-speaker |title=Atef Tarawneh elected Lower House speaker |publisher=The Jordan Times |date=3 November 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2013}} Srour lost his seat in the House of Representatives in the 2016 Jordanian general election.{{cite web|author=Omar Obeidat |url=https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/new-lower-house-includes-74-new-faces |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927035423/https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/new-lower-house-includes-74-new-faces |title=New Lower House includes 74 new faces |publisher=The Jordan Times |date=24 September 2016 |archive-date=27 September 2018}}
On 4 February 2019 Srour was named adviser for tribal affairs to King Abdullah II of Jordan.{{cite web|author= |url=https://kingabdullah.jo/en/news/royal-decree-appoints-srour-adviser-his-majesty-tribal-affairs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003181754/https://kingabdullah.jo/en/news/royal-decree-appoints-srour-adviser-his-majesty-tribal-affairs |title=Royal Decree appoints Srour as adviser to His Majesty for tribal affairs |publisher=kingabdullah.jo |date=4 February 2019 |archive-date=3 October 2020}}
Political positions
Srour is seen as a conservative and a supporter of the monarchy of Jordan.{{cite book|author=Benjamin Schuetze|title=Promoting Democracy, Reinforcing Authoritarianism: US and European Policy in Jordan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2IK0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA90|date=7 November 2019|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-49338-3|page=90}}{{cite book|author=Curtis R. Ryan|title=Jordan and the Arab Uprisings: Regime Survival and Politics Beyond the State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UpBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT177|date=26 June 2018|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-54656-0|page=177}}
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