Zeina Toukan

Zeina Toukan
Zeina Toukan in 2023
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 October 2022
MonarchAbdullah II of Jordan
Prime MinisterBisher Al-Khasawneh
Preceded byNasser Shraideh
Personal details
Alma materAmerican University in Cairo (BS)
SOAS University of London (MSc)

Zeina Toukan is the Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation. She was appointed as minister on 27 October 2022.[1][2][3][4]

Education

Toukan holds a Bachelor of Economics from the American University in Cairo and a Master of Development Economics from the SOAS University of London.[5]

Career

In 2007, Toukan was the Director of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Planning. In 2008, she was Project Manager at the EU Programme Management Office. From 2017 to 2020, Toukan served as Secretary General of the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation.[4]

From August until October 2022, she worked as Advisor of Economic Affairs and Director of Economic Policies Directorate at King Abdullah II Office.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Royal Decree approves reshuffle of PM Khasawneh's Cabinet". Jordan News. 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  2. ^ "Ministers". The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Zeina Toukan". Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  4. ^ a b "Profiles of new ministers" (PDF). The Jordan Times. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  5. ^ "H.E. Zeina Toukan". www.mop.gov.jo. Retrieved 2022-12-30.


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