Hani al-Mulki (born 1951) is a Jordanian politician

Politics of Jordan

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 and diplomat. He was the foreign minister

Foreign minister

A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...

 of Jordan from October 25, 2004 until April 7, 2005. He succeeded Marwan al-Muasher

Marwan al-Muasher

Marwan al-Muasher is a Jordanian diplomat and politician.-Career:After serving as the first Jordanian Ambassador to the State of Israel after the 1994 Peace Treaty, and also as Ambassador to the United States, he had been the foreign minister from January 2002 until October 2004, when he gained...

 and was followed by Farouq Qasrawi

Farouq Qasrawi

Farouk Qasrawi is a Jordanian diplomat. He began as the foreign minister of Jordan on 7 April 2005 when a new government was formed. His predecessor was Hani al-Mulki....

. He was part of the negotiating team which produced a treaty between Jordan and Israel

Israel

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 in 1994, and he has served as Jordan's ambassador to Egypt

Egypt

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. During his time as foreign minister, Jordan had diplomatic problems with Iraq

Iraq

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 and Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

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. The tensions with Iraq began in February 2005 when a suicide bomber who is believed to be Jordanian killed more than 100 Iraqis, and it was rumored that many Jordanians were celebrating over this, which caused protests in Iraq. The two countries recalled each other's ambassadors briefly, but the situation was stabilized by negotiations between Mulki and the Iraqi foreign minister at the Arab league summit in Algeria

Algeria

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in March 2005.

Mulki was appointed as The Scientific Ad visor to His Majesty, and then a member of the Senate. Mulki was reappointed and currently occupies the position of Jordan's Minister of Trade and Industries.