Yousef Shawarbeh | |
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Mayor of Amman | |
Assumed office 21 August 2017 | |
Preceded by | Aqel Biltaji |
Deputy Mayor of Amman | |
In office 2013–2016 | |
Minister of Political Development and Parliamentary Affairs | |
In office 2016–2016 | |
Chairman of Amman Municipal Committee | |
In office March 2017 –21 August 2017 | |
Yousef Shawarbeh (born 1968 [1] ) is a Jordanian politician,the 40th and current mayor of Amman,Jordan since 2017.
Shawarbeh holds a master's degree in law.
Shawarbeh was a member of the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) and headed Tareq neighbourhood's local committee. [1] He was appointed deputy mayor of the GAM in September 2013 [1] and mayor Amman in August 2017. [2] [3] In March 2022,the Cabinet renewed his mayoral mandate. [4]
In 2023,United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Shawarbeh to his Advisory Group on Local and Regional Governments,co-chaired by Pilar Cancela Rodríguez and Fatimatou Abdel Malick. [5]
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