Bassam Talhouni

Bassam Talhouni
Senator in the Parliament of Jordan
In office
August 2013 – 29 September 2016
MonarchAbdullah II of Jordan
Prime Minister
Succeeded byAwad Mashagbeh
Minister of Justice
In office
August 2013 – September 2016
MonarchAbdullah II of Jordan
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ensour
Hani Al-Mulki
Preceded byAhmad Ziadat
Succeeded byAwad Abu Jarad
Personal details
Born1964 (age 59–60)
Amman
NationalityJordanian
Political partyIndependent
Alma mater

Bassam Talhouni (Arabic: بسام التلهوني; born 1964) is a Jordanian lawyer, academic and politician. He served as industry minister. Between August 2013 and September 2016 he was minister of justice.

Talhouni served as minister of justice in Bisher Al-Khasawneh's cabinet. He resigned with Samir Mobeideen on 28 February 2021 due to breaking lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan.[1]

  1. ^ "Jordan's Justice, Interior Ministers Resign". Asharq AL-awsat. Retrieved 6 April 2021.