{{Short description|Jordanian politician (1936–2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ali Mohammad Atwi Suheimat | image = Ali Suheimat.png | image_size = 150px | office = Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Transport | term_start = 21 November 1991 | term_end = 29 May 1993 | office2 = Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Transport and Communications | term_start2 = 20 June 1991 | term_end2 = 20 November 1991 | office3 = Minister of State for Prime Ministry Affairs, Minister of Transport | term_start3 = 28 August 1980 | term_end3 = 10 January 1984 | office4 = Minister of State for Prime Ministry Affairs, Minister of Transport | term_start4 = 3 July 1980 | term_end4 = 28 August 1980 | office5 = Minister of State for Prime Ministry Affairs, Minister of Transport | term_start5 = 19 December 1979 | term_end5 = 3 July 1980 | office6 = Minister of Transport | term_start6 = 27 November 1976 | term_end6 = 19 December 1979 | birth_date = {{birth date text|1936}} | birth_place = Al Karak, Emirate of Transjordan | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|05|10|1936|df=y}} | death_place = | party = | native_name_lang = ar | native_name = {{nobold|المهندس علي محمد السحيمات}} | caption = Suheimat in 1973 }}
'''Ali Mohamad Suheimat''' (1936 – 10 May 2024) was a Jordanian politician and engineer,<ref>Civil engineering, Volume 33 American Society of Civil Engineers, 1963</ref> who held several senior political and administrative positions in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Ali Suheimat was born in the city of Al-Karak. He was deputy prime minister, mayor of Amman, Minister of Transport and Communications, amongst other positions.<ref>Current world leaders, Volume 26, Issues 1-6</ref> Board member of trustees at Oxford Centre for Islamic studies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxcis.ac.uk/governance|title=Governance | Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies|website=www.oxcis.ac.uk}}</ref> Suheimat died on 10 May 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=وفاة نائب رئيس الوزراء السابق علي السحيمات |url=https://www.khaberni.com/news/وفاة-نائب-رئيس-الوزراء-السابق-علي-السحيمات-653792 |access-date=10 May 2024 |publisher=Khaberni |date=10 May 2024}}</ref>
== Education == *Received his primary, lower secondary and secondary education at Al-Karak Secondary School. *Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering in 1960, American University of Beirut,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aub.edu.lb/alumni/reunion/Pages/celebratingclasses.aspx|title=Home Page}}</ref> Lebanon. *Diploma in the Establishment and maintenance of roads in 1963, the United States of America. *Diploma in development planning for development projects and economies in developing countries, University of Sussex, United Kingdom in 1969.<ref name="auto">Suheimat clan, history and attitudes, by Dr. Yassin Suheimat, 2005</ref>
== Career == * Engineer in the Ministry of Public Works, during the period from 1960 to 1962 in the Directorate of Works, in Ma'an, Al-Karak and Irbid. * Road maintenance engineer at the Ministry of Public Works, during 1963–1964. * Director of projects and road construction at the largest companies in Saudi Arabia for the construction engineering specialists in the construction of the roads and airports in 1964–1968.<ref>Highways & road construction international, Volumes 44–46, 1976</ref> * Responsible for follow-up development projects and understated road projects, airports and infrastructure from 1969 to 1971, at The National Planning Council in Jordan. * Secretary General of the Ministry of Transport 1 February 1971 to 1 March 1973 .<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mot.gov.jo/en/previousministers |title=Previous Ministers | Ministry of Transport |access-date=11 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716102204/http://www.mot.gov.jo/en/previousministers |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Minister of Transport,<ref>International railway journal, Volume 17 Simmons-Boardman Pub. Corporation., 1977</ref> the Government of Mudar Badran, in the period from 28 November 1976 to 19 December 1979, where he oversaw the completion of the Queen Alia International Airport and the port of Aqaba, and a number of vital projects, which has contributed to the development of Jordan. * Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Minister of Transport, the government of Sharif Abdul Hamid Sharaf from 19 September 1979 to 7 March 1980.<ref>Statesman's Year-Book, Palgrave Macmillan, 1983 - 1690 pages</ref> * Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Minister of Transport,<ref>Near East/South Asia report, Issue 2865 Foreign Broadcast Information Service, USA</ref> the Government of Kassim al-Rimawi 3 July 1980 to 28 August 1980. * Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Minister of Transport, the Government of Mudar Badran from 28 August 1980 to 1 October 1984. * Mayor of Amman, (1989–1991).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ammancity.gov.jo/ |title=Home |website=ammancity.gov.jo |access-date=8 August 2022 |archive-date=22 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422053011/http://www.ammancity.gov.jo/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Member of the Royal Commission for the drafting of the Second National Charter in 1990. * Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications, the Government of Taher al-Masri from 19 June 1991 to 21 November 1991.<ref>Management and international business issues in Jordan - Page 158, Hamed El-Said, Kip Becker - 2001 - 198 pages.</ref> * Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, the Government of Sharif Zaid ibn Shaker 21 November 1991 to 29 May 1993. * Member of the first Advisory Council from 1978 to 20 April 1980. * Member of the Advisory Council II 20 April 1980 to 20 April 1982. * Member of the third Advisory Board 20 April 1982 to 7 January 1984 . * Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Petra University, Amman-Jordan .<ref>http://www.uop.edu.jo/About/BoardofTrustees.aspx?lang=en&location=About {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116015956/http://www.uop.edu.jo/About/BoardofTrustees.aspx?lang=en&location=About |date=16 November 2010 }} / Board Of Trustees.</ref> * Member of the Royal Commission of the University of Yarmouk, which oversaw the establishment and the building of Yarmouk University and Jordan University of Science and Technology. 1977–1986.<ref name="auto"/> * Member of the Royal Commission on Mu'tah University. 1981–1996. * Member of the Board of University of Mu'tah. * Member of the Board in a number of companies and Institutions. * Consultant to many companies and global institutions outside Jordan.<ref>MEED., Volume 44, Issues 14–26, Economic East Economic Digest, ltd, 2000</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.pm.gov.jo Prime Ministry of Jordan website]
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