His Excellency Dr. Prof. Adnan Badran
| Education | 
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1959 | 
B.Sc. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla., USA  (USA) | 
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1961 | 
M.Sc. 1961 Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA  (USA) | 
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1963 | 
Ph.D.  Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA  (USA) | 
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1981 | 
Ph.D. Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea  (Jordan) | 
| Past Occupation | 
| 1960 | 
1963 | 
Research Assistant at the Michigan State University, USA  (USA) | 
| 1963 | 
1966 | 
Senior Research Plant Physiologist and Biochemist in  (USA) | 
| 1966 | 
1970 | 
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Jordan  (Jordan) | 
| 1971 | 
1976 | 
Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of  (Jordan) | 
| 1974 | 
1976 | 
Professor of Molecular Biology and Physiology, Faculty of  (Jordan) | 
| 1975 | 
1980 | 
Member of the Executive Board of the International Union of Biological Sciences -(IUBS)  (France) | 
| 1978 | 
1988 | 
Member of the Board of Trustees of Mu’tah University  (Jordan) | 
| 1970 | 
1989 | 
Vice-President of the Royal Conservation Society, Jordan  (Jordan) | 
| 1989 | 
1989 | 
President of the Jordan National Commission for UNESCO  (Jordan) | 
| 1989 | 
1990 | 
Minister of Education, & Minister of Agriculture  (Jordan) | 
| 1990 | 
1992 | 
Member of the Board of Trustees of  Philadelphia University  (Jordan) | 
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1993 | 
Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)  (Jordan) | 
| 1990 | 
1993 | 
Assistant Director-General for Science, UNESCO, Paris  (France) | 
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2001 | 
Chairman of the Board of Jordan TV & Radio Corporation  (Jordan) | 
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2005 | 
Vice Chairman of The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature  (Jordan) | 
| 1998 | 
2005 | 
President of Philadelphia University  (Jordan) | 
| 2000 | 
2005 | 
Member of the board of Royal Jordanian Airline  (Jordan) | 
| 2005 | 
2005 | 
Prime Minister & Minister of Defense  (Jordan) | 
| Current Occupation | 
| 2001 | 
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President of the Arab Academy  (Jordan) |