Name: Ahmad Ziadat

Place and date of birth: Jordan – 1950

Marital status: Married

Current position job: Minster of Justice

Academic qualification:

• Doctorate in Law, University of London, 1989
• Master of Laws, Harvard University, 1985
• Bachelor of Law (1st rank with excellent grade) University of Jordan 1983
• Licensed as a lawyer, member of the Jordanian Bar Association, 1992

The most important jobs he held:

• Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Jordan, 1983 - 1984
• Assistant Professor, University of Jordan 1990 - 2003.
• Associate Professor, University of Jordan 2003.
• Part-time lecturer, Institute of Banking Studies, 1995-2003.
• Part-time lecturer at Al-Ahliyya Amman University 1991/1992
• Part-time lecturer, Al al-Bayt University 1995/1996, second semester.
• Part-time lecturer at the Judicial Institute of Jordan. 2007/2008 Visiting Professor, Al-Zaytoonah University, for the academic year 2005-2006.
• Dean of the Faculty of Law / University of Jordan 2003-2005.
• Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Jordan, 1996/1997.
• Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Jordan, 1993/1994.
• Member of the Board of Directors of the University of Jordan Staff Housing Fund, 1996-2006
• Member of the Management Committee of the University of Jordan Cooperative Society 1997-1998.
• Chairman of the Management Committee of the University of Jordan Cooperative Association 1999-2003
• Member of the Academic Committee at the Jordanian Judicial Institute 1994-1998, 2002-2006-2008.
• Membership of a number of public and private accreditation committees for private universities, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 as an arbitrator and president of an arbitral tribunal in a number of local and international cases.
• Legal advisor to Al al-Bayt University, 1994-2001.
• Chairman of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal for the employees of the University of Jordan 1997-1999.
• Chairman of the primary disciplinary board for the employees of the University of Jordan, 1995-1997.
• Rapporteur of the Committee for the Investigation of Student Violations / Faculty of Law, 1993, 1994, 1995 AD.
• Rapporteur of the Committee to Investigate Student Violations at the University, 1996-1997.
• Member of the Admission Competition Committee at the Jordanian Judicial Institute, 1994, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2009.
• Member of the Legal Committee / Bar Association, 2003.
• Member of the Steering Committee of the Law Program between Theory and Practice, 2004.
• Member of the Preparatory Committee for the Poverty and Unemployment Conference, 2004.
• Member of the Preparatory Committee for the Conference on Higher Education (Axis of Legislation and Administration) 2004.
• Member of the Jordanian official delegation to the regional dialogue on the issue of women and the law, Amman, 2004.
• Member of the Steering Committee for the establishment of the Board of Grievances 2005.
• Member of the Committee for Modernizing and Developing University Requirements and Free Courses in Private Universities, Ministry of Higher Education 2005.
• Member of the Committee for the Development of Special Accreditation Standards for the Major of Law and Sharia, Ministry of Higher Education 2005.
• Member of the Preparatory Committee for the Conference on the Development of Law Education in Jordan, 2005.
• Local advisor for the Jordanian Judicial Institute Plan Development Program 2005_2009
• Member of the Higher Education Accreditation Council, 2005-2007
• Member of the Higher Education Accreditation Commission Council, 2007 –
• Member of the Investment Unit Management Board, Social Security Corporation 2006-2009
• Member of the Committee for the Follow-up of Judicial Development Projects, 2007 –
• Member of a number of committees preparing and amending some Jordanian laws and regulations.
• Minister of State for Prime Minister Affairs 2016
• Minister of State for Legal Affairs 2020
• Minister of State for Legal Affairs and Minister of Justice Designate 2021