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He was Minister of Education in Hani Al-Mulki's government since 4 January 2017, before his designation as prime minister and he served as Minister of Defense from 14 June 2018 to October 12, 2020."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"17 May 1961","date":"1961-05-17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29512679#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Salt","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q867586"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29512679#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Jordan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q810"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29512679#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29512679#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"independent politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327591"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29512679#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Harvard University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13371"},{"text":"Harvard Law School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49122"},{"text":"Massachusetts Institute of Technology","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49108"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29512679#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Prime Minister of Jordan (14 June 2018 – 12 October 2020)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7243300","start":"2018-06-14","end":"2020-10-12"},{"text":"Minister of Education of Jordan (4 January 2017 – 4 June 2018)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54810595","start":"2017-01-04","end":"2018-06-04"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29512679#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Razzaz","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29512679"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Omar Razzaz born?","a":"Omar Razzaz was born on 17 May 1961 in Salt."},{"q":"What positions has Omar Razzaz held?","a":"Positions held by Omar Razzaz include: Prime Minister of Jordan (2018–2020); Minister of Education of Jordan (2017–2018)."},{"q":"Where did Omar Razzaz study?","a":"Omar Razzaz was educated at Harvard University, Harvard Law School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology."}],"related":[{"name":"Bisher Khasawneh","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bisher-khasawneh"},{"name":"Marouf al-Bakhit","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/marouf-al-bakhit"},{"name":"Abdullah Ensour","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdullah-ensour"},{"name":"Fayez Tarawneh","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/fayez-tarawneh"},{"name":"Awn Al-Khasawneh","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/awn-al-khasawneh"},{"name":"Abdelsalam Majali","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdelsalam-majali"},{"name":"Fawzi Mulki","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/fawzi-mulki"},{"name":"Ahmad Toukan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmad-toukan"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/omar-razzaz-b58f13aa1a.jpg","width":500,"height":414,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Addustour, Jordan Press & Publication Co.","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B5_%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AB%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA_(12)_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Omar Razzaz","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Razzaz","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q29512679","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29512679","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: جلسة النواب بخصوص حادثة البحر الميت (12) (cropped).jpg by Addustour, Jordan Press & Publication Co. 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