Lina Annab

Lina Mazhar Annab (Arabic: لينا مظهر عناب‎ Līnā Maẓhar ʿAnnāb; born November 29, 1966) is a businessperson, politician and the previous Minister of Tourism and Antiquities in Jordan.[1] She has been the ambassador to Japan since May 29, 2019.[2]

Biography

Lina Annab graduated from Georgetown University in the United States.[3] She has been a General Manager in Zara Investment Company since 2008. She was made the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities in the cabinet of Hani Mulki on June 2016.[4] She was elected to the board of American Center of Oriental Research, she resigned her position after she was appointed government minister.[5] She patronized the Arab Aviation summit in Jordan on 3 December 2016.[6] She headed the Jordanian delegation to the 41st session of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee.[7] She helped organize an Opera Festival in Jordan in 2017; which was a first in the Arab world.[8][9]

In the end of her term as the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, on October 25, 2018, a school bus was raided by fatal heavy floods in Dead Sea region and 21 lives were killed. On November 1 of that year, the then Minister of Education and Lina Annab submitted their resignation to take responsibility of the incident a week ago.[10]

Lina Annab was appointed as the next ambassador to Japan, but a doctor who lost his daughter in the Dead Sea incident and some lawmakers tried to disturb this nomination in March 2019,[11] and on May 29, after twists and turns, she was formally sworn before King Abdullah II as the ambassador to Japan.[2] Ambassador Annab presented her letter of credence to Japanese Emperor Naruhito at the Tokyo Imperial Palace on June 19, 2019.[12]

References
  1. "Jordan advances on travel index". Jordan Times. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  2. "King swears in Annab as Jordan's ambassador to Japan". His Majesty Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein Official Website. May 29, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  3. "Profiles of New Ministers" (PDF). jordantimes.com. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  4. "Top 10 Most Powerful Arab Women In Government 2017". Forbes Middle East (Forbes Middle East). Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  5. "Board of Trustees". ACOR Jordan. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  6. "Arab Aviation Summit to start on December 5 in Jordan". Times of Oman. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  7. "Salt to be nominated as UNESCO world heritage site". Jordan Times. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  8. "Amman's Roman Theatre to host 'first opera festival in Arab world'". Jordan Times. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  9. "Bocelli fires up Jerash in 'concert of the decade'". Jordan Times. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  10. "Two ministers resign after Jordan schoolbus deaths". France 24. November 1, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  11. "Jordanians Appeal to Japan Not to Accept New Ambassador". PanOrient News. March 10, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  12. "Presentation of the Letter of Credence of Ambassador of Jordan to Japan (駐日ヨルダン大使の信任状捧呈)". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (in Japanese). June 19, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
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