Asma Khader
Asma Khader | |
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Minister of Culture | |
In office 25 October 2004 – 4 May 2005 | |
Preceded by | Haider Mahmoud |
Succeeded by | Adel Al-Twaisy |
Member of the Senate of Jordan | |
In office 23 April 2014 – 25 October 2015 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Zababdeh, Palestine | 25 January 1952
Died | 20 December 2021 Amman, Jordan | (aged 69)
Nationality | Jordanian |
Asma Khader (Arabic: أسمى خضر; 25 January 1952 – 20 December 2021) was a lawyer, devoted feminist, women's rights and human rights activist and a Jordanian politician. She served as the first government spokesperson in Jordan, a Minister of Culture from 2004 to 2005, and a member of the Senate from 2014 to 2015.[1] Khader died from pancreatic cancer on 20 December 2021, at the age of 69 in Amman.[2]
References
- ^ "معالي السيدة أسمى حنا خضر". The Jordanian Senate (in Arabic).
- ^ Sweis, Rana F. (31 December 2021). "Asma Khader, Fighter for Women's Rights in Jordan, Dies at 69". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 31 December 2021.