Hani Al-Khasawneh (born 1939)[1] is a Jordanian former minister and member of the Ba'ath Party. He is the father of the current prime Minister of Jordan Bisher Al-Khasawneh.[2][1] He was appointed as Minister of Youth in the cabinet of Ahmad Obeidat in 1984،[3] In 1988 he was appointed Minister of Media in the Zaid Rifai's final cabinet, which ended in 1989.[4] In this role, he was instrumental in having US political correspondent Rick Davis expelled from Jordan.[5] Prior to the fall of Saddam Hussein, Khasawneh was described as "an outspoken proponent of Iraq and a peddler of conspiracy theories".[6]
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- ^ "رئاسة الوزراء - معالي الدكتور هاني الخصاونه". www.pm.gov.jo. Archived from the original on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ تشكيلة الحكومة الأردنية برئاسة أحمد عبيدات Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine "نسخة مؤرشفة". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- ^ hani Khasawneh. تاريخ الولوج 18-03-2011. [dead link] Archived 2020-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "NBC's correspondent expelled from Jordan". New York Times. May 1, 1988. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ David Schenker. "Dancing with Saddam" (PDF). Washington Institute for Near East Policy. p. 67.
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