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Her Excellency Hala Bsaisu Lattouf

Minister, Ministry of Social Development

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Ms. Lattouf has over 20 years of experience in development and public sector work; she held several… (more)

Ms. Lattouf has over 20 years of experience in development and public sector work; she held several posts with the Jordanian Government starting at the Ministry of Tourism, she was appointed as Secretary General for the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Public Sector Reform Ministry and Senior Advisor for Public Sector Reform at the Prime Ministry. She has been recently appointed as a Minister of Social Development, where she held the post for over three years in the past. In her capacity as Minister of Social Development, Ms. Lattouf chairs the National Aid Fund which is the main Government mechanism for providing cash payments for the poor.

 

Prior to her job as a Minister, Ms. Lattouf was the Office Director for Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah; she also worked with  UNDP as head of the poverty and gender team and with the World Bank as a project director.  Ms. Lattouf obtained her experience regionally working as the Executive Director for a Regional NGO; World Links Arab Region (WLAR) which specializes in providing specifically-tailored programs to improve educational outcomes, economic opportunities and global understanding for youth in the Arab region. She has experience working in Syria, Jordan, Yemen, Egypt and Palestine (West Bank and Gaza).  Ms. Lattouf started her career working in banking sector at the Jordan Investment Bank and the Arab Bank.