birth_place profession office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
bethlehem palestine minister -lrb- government -rrb- minister senator minister of culture of state minister of agriculture minister of interior 5 november 1951 9 / 1995 february 2011 2003-2003 with ali abu ragheb 2001-2003 samir habashneh
 17 october 2011 2003-2005 with faisal alfayez 2005-2008 1996 samir habashneh baghdad university -lrb- bsc 1974 -rrb-
samir habashneh

samir habashneh -lrb- born 1951 -rrb- is the minister of state and minister of agriculture for jordan .
he is a former minister of the interior .
born in 1951 , habashneh earned his bsc in agricultural engineering from baghdad university in 1974 .
he worked in the agricultural cooperative society and then as a consultant at the ministry of youth in 1992 .
in 1993 , he became a deputy in parliament , representing the southern governorate of karak .
he was appointed minister of culture in 1995 and became a senator in 2001 .
he was a member of the jordan first committee and a member in the jordanian parties committee .
he was the minister of the interior until april 2005. , serving since 9 february 2011 .
