Suleiman Hafez
{{Short description|Jordanian economist and politician}}
{{For|the Egyptian politician|Sulayman Hafez}}
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| office = Minister of Finance
| monarch = King Abdullah II
| primeminister = Fayez Tarawneh
Abdullah Ensour
| predecessor = Umayya Toukan
| successor = Umayya Toukan
| term_start = May 2012
| term_end = 30 March 2013
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1941}}
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| alma_mater = Alexandria University
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Suleiman Hafez, also known as Suleiman Hafez Al-Masri, (born 1941) is a Jordanian economist and politician who has served in various capacities in different cabinets of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Early life and education
Hafez was born in 1941. He holds a bachelor's degree in commerce from Beirut Arab University's branch of Alexandria University in Egypt in 1968.{{cite web|title=Suleiman Hafez|url=http://www.jordanpolitics.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1416%3Asuleiman-hafez&catid=44%3Aministries&Itemid=45|work=Guide to Jordanian Political Life|accessdate=22 January 2013}}
Career
Hafez served in different public positions, including chief commissioner of the electricity regulatory commission, and member of the board of directors of several organizations such as the royal Jordanian, the Jordan electricity authority, civil aviation authority, Jordan phosphate mines company, Jordan cement factories and the agricultural credit corporation. Then he held different cabinet posts; minister of finance from 1997 to 1998{{Cite web|url=https://mof.gov.jo/PressCenter/Photos/tabid/217/AlbumID/7/CurrentPage/1/selectedmoduleid/784/language/en-US/Default.aspx|title=Financial Ministers|website=mof.gov.jo}} and minister of telecommunications in 1999.{{cite news|author=Elad Benari|title=Jordan's New PM Promises Reforms, Critics Skeptical|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/155402#.UP8TGydFWYd|access-date=22 January 2013|newspaper=Arutz Sheva|date=3 May 2012}} He was the chairman of the Jordanian investment corporation from August 2000 to January 2003.{{cite web|title=Annual Report 2002|url=http://www.arabpotash.com/_potash/App_Upload/PDF/2002.pdf|work=The Arab Potash Company Limited|access-date=8 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913003953/http://www.arabpotash.com/_potash/App_Upload/PDF/2002.pdf|archive-date=13 September 2011|df=dmy-all}}
He was named as the minister of energy to the cabinet led by the then prime minister Samir Rifai in November 2010.{{cite news|title=New government sworn in|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/New+government+sworn+in.-a0243762769|access-date=29 June 2013|newspaper=The Star|date=29 November 2010|location=Amman}} He was appointed finance minister to the cabinet of the then prime minister Fayez Tarawneh in May 2012.{{cite news|title=Jordan's new cabinet lineup announced|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/xinhua/2012-05-02/content_5816340.html|access-date=22 January 2013|newspaper=China Daily|date=2 May 2012|agency=Xinhua|location=Amman}} He replaced Umayya Toukan as finance minister.{{cite news|last=Al Khalidi|first=Suleiman|title=Jordan swears in new conservative-dominated cabinet|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-jordan-cabinet-idUKBRE84118R20120502|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821164722/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-jordan-cabinet-idUKBRE84118R20120502|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 August 2016|access-date=22 January 2013|newspaper=Reuters|date=2 May 2012|location=Amman}} Hafez retained his post in the cabinet formed by Abdullah Ensour on 11 October 2012.{{cite news|last=Hazaimeh|first=Hani|title=Ensour 20-strong Cabinet sworn in|url=http://vista.sahafi.jo/art.php?id=29652f282597124d274a0a274e435029a4d6827d|work=The Jordan Times|publisher=Jordan Embassy|access-date=22 January 2013|location=Amman|date=11 October 2012|df=dmy-all}} Hafez's term ended on 30 March 2013.{{cite news|title=Ensour 19-member Cabinet sworn in|url=http://jordantimes.com/ensour-19-member-cabinet-sworn-in|access-date=29 June 2013|newspaper=The Jordan Times|date=30 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220113016/http://jordantimes.com/ensour-19-member-cabinet-sworn-in|archive-date=20 December 2014|df=dmy-all}} He was replaced by Umayya Toukan in the post.{{cite news|title=Preliminary Reading into Jordan's New Government|url=http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleNO=20555#.Uc7wCz7AVgs|access-date=29 June 2013|work=Ammon News|date=30 March 2013|author=Wael Al Jaraisheh|author2=Banan Malkawi}}
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Category:21st-century Jordanian politicians
Category:Alexandria University alumni
Category:Transport ministers of Jordan