Asma Khader

Asma Khader
Minister of Culture
In office
25 October 2004 – 4 May 2005
Preceded byHaider Mahmoud
Succeeded byAdel Al-Twaisy [ar]
Member of the Senate of Jordan
In office
23 April 2014 – 25 October 2015
Personal details
Born(1952-01-25)25 January 1952
Zababdeh, Palestine
Died20 December 2021(2021-12-20) (aged 69)
Amman, Jordan
NationalityJordanian

Asma Khader (Arabic: أسمى خضر; 25 January 1952 – 20 December 2021) was a lawyer, devoted feminist, women's rights and human rights activist and a Jordanian politician. She served as the first government spokesperson in Jordan, a Minister of Culture from 2004 to 2005, and a member of the Senate from 2014 to 2015.[1] Khader died from pancreatic cancer on 20 December 2021, at the age of 69 in Amman.[2]

References

  1. ^ "معالي السيدة أسمى حنا خضر". The Jordanian Senate (in Arabic).
  2. ^ Sweis, Rana F. (31 December 2021). "Asma Khader, Fighter for Women's Rights in Jordan, Dies at 69". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 31 December 2021.


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