Ahmad Ziadat
Ahmad Nouri Ziadat (born 1950) is the Jordanian Minister of Justice. He was appointed as minister on 7 May 2021. Previously he had served as Minister of State for Legal Affairs since 12 October 2020 in Bisher Al-Khasawneh's Cabinet led by Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh.

Education 
Ziadat holds a Bachelor of Law (1983) from the University of Jordan, a Master of Laws (1985) from the Harvard University and a Doctor of Law (1989) from the University of London.

Career 
From 1983 until 1984, Ziadat was a research and teaching assistant at the University of Jordan. Between 1990 and 2003, he worked as an assistant professor at the University of Jordan and as a part-time lecturer at the Institute of Banking Studies, Al-Ahliyya Amman University and Al-Bayt University.

In 2003, he was named associate professor at the University of Jordan, and additionally served as the Dean of the Faculty of Law until 2005.

In 2016, Ziadat was appointed Minister of State for Prime Ministry Affairs.

From 2020 until 2021, he served as Minister of State for Legal Affairs.

Since 7 May 2021, Ziadat has been the Minister of Justice.

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Alumni of the University of London
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Government ministers of Jordan
1950 births
21st-century Jordanian politicians

Harvard Law School alumni
University of Jordan alumni