Mohamad Al Ississ | |
|---|---|
محمد العسعس | |
 Al Ississ in 2013 | |
| Minister of Finance | |
| Assumed office 7 November 2019 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah II of Jordan |
| Prime Minister | Bisher Al-Khasawneh |
| Preceded by | Ezzedin Kanakrieh |
| Minister of Planning and International Cooperation | |
| In office 2019 – 7 November 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Omar Razzaz |
| Succeeded by | Wissam Rabadi |
| Minister of State for Economic Affairs | |
| In office 2018 – 7 November 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mohamad Al Issis July 7, 1977 |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (BA, MA, MPAID, PhD) |
Mohamad Al Ississ is the Jordanian Minister of Finance. He was appointed as minister in November 2019.[1][2][3][4] Previously he had served as Minister of Planning and International Cooperation and Minister of State for Economic Affairs in Omar Razzaz's Cabinet led by Omar Razzaz.[5] He was formerly Special Advisor to His Majesty King Abdullah II, Advisor to His Majesty King Abdullah II for Economic Affairs, and Director of Economic and Social Development in the Office of His Majesty at the Royal Hashemite Court.
Earning his PhD in Economic Development and Public Policy from Harvard University, Dr. Al-Ississ also obtained two master’s degrees from Harvard in Public Administration/International Development and Middle Eastern Studies, as well as a bachelor’s degree in Economics with Honors.
Dr. Al-Ississ has extensive experience in academia. From 2010-2016 he was an Assistant Professor and Associate Dean at the American University in Cairo, as well as a visiting lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School. He is also a founding professor of the first massive Arabic course at Edraak, an online learning platform in partnership with Harvard University and MIT’s EdX platform.
Dr. Al-Ississ’ professional positions include Associate Consultant at Boston Consultancy Group; Manager for Investment Promotion at USAID’s AMIR program; and Senior Competition Advisor to Jordan’s Minister of Industry and Trade.
Dr. Al-Ississ is a member of the Global Agenda Council at the World Economic Forum, a Fulbright scholar, and a published author in top tier academic journals. His policy briefs have been circulated by the World Economic Forum. His research focuses on the political economy of the Arab World and its transition, polarization, behavioral economics and finance, economics of political violence and religious experience. Al-Ississ is a frequent commentator on CNN and BBC in addition to contributing to leading regional and international print media.
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