Abdul Rahim Malhas | |
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Ministry of Health | |
Monarch | Hussein of Jordan |
Prime Minister | Abdelsalam Majali |
Personal details | |
Born | June 28, 1937 Amman, Jordan |
Died | September 29, 2012 Amman, Jordan |
Abdul Rahim Malhas (28 June 1937 – 29 September 2012) was a Jordanian politician who served as Health Minister in the government of Abdelsalam al-Majali between 1993 and 1994. He was member of the 14th House of Representatives between 2003 and 2007.[1]
Abdul Rahim Malhas was born on 28 June 1937 in Amman, Jordan, to his father, the Palestinian Dr. Qassem Abdul Rahim Malhas, and mother, Suad Jude.[2] He was one of six children, along with his siblings Othman, Muhammad, Rehab, Ghazwa and Basma Malhas.[3] His father, Dr. Qassem Malhas, was a pioneering physician who founded the first Jordanian-owned private hospital in Amman in 1945, known as "Malhas Hospital".[4]
Malhas graduated with a BSc in 1959 and an MD from the American University of Beirut in 1963.[5] He later worked in Jordanian army hospitals.[1]
In 1994 he revealed corruption and embezzlement in health and food sectors by a publication in the newspaper Shihan.[6][7]