Kamel Mahadin

Kamel Mahadin
كامل محادين
Senator at the House of Senate
Assumed office
November 2014
Chief Commissioner of Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority
In office
August 2012  November 2014
Preceded by Nasir Al Madadha
Succeeded by Hani Mulki
Minister of Water and Irrigation
In office
March 1999  June 2000
Personal details
Born (1954-06-24) 24 June 1954
Karak, Jordan
Spouse(s) Khalida Maaitah
Children Tariq, Yazan, Amer, Tamara
Religion Islam
Website www.kamelmahadin.com

Kamel Mahadin (Arabic: كامل محادين; born June 24, 1954) is a Jordanian senator at The House of Senate.[1] He's also an architect, Landscape architect, Teacher, Author and Artist.

Personal life

Kamel Mahadin is the son of Ottallah Mahadin a retired governor and his mother Huryeh Al Usta. In 1982 he married Khalida Maaitah, with whom he has three sons: Tariq, Yazan, Amer and one daughter Tamara. Apart from Arabic, Mahadin is fluent in English.

Educational life

Kamel was born in Karak, Jordan in 1954, finished secondary education at the high school of Mafraq, Jordan and received a scholarship from the United States Agency for International Development to study Architecture at the American University of Beirut. After four years, his scholarship was transferred to the United States due to war in Lebanon; received his Bachelor’s in Architecture from Kansas State University and Masters in landscape architecture from Louisiana State University. Doctorates in Environmental Designs were awarded from Texas A & M University. Worked as a campus planner for Louisiana State University and later as a visiting lecturer at Texas A&M University. In 1987 returned to Jordan teaching at the Department of Architecture at University of Jordan, where he became chairman of the department from 1991 to 1995. In 1987, then founded M K Associates; Jordan’s only specialized landscape design firm. Over a period of twenty years, he served as a landscape consultant for Amman Greater Municipality, Mutah University, Al-El Beit University and the Ministry of Tourism and served as a landscape consultant to the Royal Court. In January 1997 he became Director General to Petra Regional Council, and in 1999 took the portfolio as the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. In June 2000, he came back to teaching and practicing Landscape Design, running M.K. Associates; a landscape design firm. Practiced design in the United States, the Persian Gulf and the Middle East. With a wide range of published articles in his field. Kamel is a registered landscape architect in the US. He is registered at the International Federation of Landscape Architects, the American Society of Landscape Architects (Texas and Louisiana) and Jordan Society of Architects and Engineers. As of August 2, 2012. Kamel has been appointed as the chief commissioner of Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority therefore he withdrawn from MK Associates and MEALA as a Chairman of the Board.[2][3]

He was Chairman of the Board - Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC), Chairman of the Board - Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT), Chairman of the Board of Aqaba Airports Company (King Hussein International Airport) and Board Trustee member of the Tafilah University.[4]

In November 2014, A Royal Decree was issued approving the Cabinet’s acceptance of Kamel Mahadin’s resignation as of November 8, while another decree was issued appointing him as senator as of November 9.[5]

Published research, articles

References

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