AMMAN — Senator, former minister and ex-ambassador Samir Mutawi passed away
on Friday in Amman at the age of 84, it was reported.
Prime
Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh mourned the former Minister of State for
Information Affairs, saying that the nation lost a national and media figure,
who has done a lot for his country.
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Also,
Speaker of the Upper House Faisal Al-Fayez mourned Mutawi and offered his
condolences and sympathy to his family. He praised the merits of the deceased
and his role in serving his country and king in various public offices.
The late
Mutawi had served as an advisor at the Royal Hashemite Court, and Jordan's
ambassador to the Netherlands. He also worked for several newspapers,
television stations, and local and international radio stations.
Born in
Jerusalem in 1938, Mutawi began his career at the Jordan Radio in the late
1950s.
He obtained
a Bachelors of Economics and Political Science from the University of London
and later a Ph.D. in Political Science, International Relations and Foreign Policy
from the University of Reading in the UK.
In the 1960s
he worked as a broadcaster at the BBC in London.
He published
a number of books, studies and papers, the most important of which is the book
"Jordan in the 1967 War", the English version of which was published
by Cambridge University in Britain and New York.
He also had participated
in several international conferences in Washington DC, London, Barcelona, The
Hague, Istanbul, Cairo, Abu Dhabi and Amman.
He held a
number of high honors from Jordan, Italy, Austria and Ireland.
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