Nathir Obeidat
Nathir Mifleh Mohammad Obeidat | |
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Obeidat speaks at the Government Communication Forum on June 25, 2024. | |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 12 October 2020 – 14 March 2021 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah II of Jordan |
| Prime Minister | Bisher Al-Khasawneh |
| Preceded by | Saad Jaber |
| Succeeded by | Firas Al-Hawari |
| 15 President of the University of Jordan | |
| Assumed office August 4, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Abdel-Karim Al-Qudah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 20, 1959 |
| Alma mater | University of Jordan (M.Sc.) |
Nathir Mifleh Mohammad Obeidat (born December 20, 1959, in Hartha, Abila, Irbid) is a Jordanian physician who currently serves as the President of the University of Jordan. He held the role of Jordanian Minister of Health in Bisher Al-Khasawneh's Cabinet from October 12, 2020, until he stepped down on March 14, 2021. Prior to that, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Jordan, starting in 2016, and later took on the role of spokesperson for media communications regarding the 2019 Coronavirus outbreak in Jordan.
He tendered his resignation as Minister of Health following a request from the royal authorities, prompted by an oxygen supply failure at Salt Hospital, resulting in multiple fatalities.