Sa'ad Khair
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Field Marshal
Sa'ad Khair was a noted Jordan
ian Intelligence
and Security official. Sa'ad Khair served as the head of the newly formed Jordanian National Security Agency (NSA).
Field Marshal Khair was a grandson of Saeed Pasha Khair, Mayor of Amman, Jordan from 1920–1925 and one of the founders of modern Jordan. His father, Basheer Khair, was the Governor of Amman during King Talal's era. His uncle, Hashim Pasha Khair, was the Minister of the Interior, Speaker of the House of Parliament, and Chief of the Royal Court during the reign of King Abdullah I.
The former intelligence Chief Field Marshal Sa'ad Khair died in the Austrian capital Vienna on Wednesday December 9, 2009 after a heart attack aged 58. His body was transferred to Amman, where he was laid to rest on Thursday December 10, 2009.
Field Marshal
Field Marshal is a military rank. Traditionally, it is the highest military rank in an army.-Etymology:The origin of the rank of field marshal dates to the early Middle Ages, originally meaning the keeper of the king's horses , from the time of the early Frankish kings.-Usage and hierarchical...
Sa'ad Khair was a noted Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
ian Intelligence
Military intelligence
Military intelligence is a military discipline that exploits a number of information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to commanders in support of their decisions....
and Security official. Sa'ad Khair served as the head of the newly formed Jordanian National Security Agency (NSA).
Career
He gained the rank of Field Marshal after more than four years as Director of General Intelligence Department (November 2000 - May 2005) and as he was instructed to create the Jordanian NSA. The instructions did not clarify the role of the new agency, it was believed that it will serve as a coordination body between all Jordanian security departments, including police.Field Marshal Khair was a grandson of Saeed Pasha Khair, Mayor of Amman, Jordan from 1920–1925 and one of the founders of modern Jordan. His father, Basheer Khair, was the Governor of Amman during King Talal's era. His uncle, Hashim Pasha Khair, was the Minister of the Interior, Speaker of the House of Parliament, and Chief of the Royal Court during the reign of King Abdullah I.
The former intelligence Chief Field Marshal Sa'ad Khair died in the Austrian capital Vienna on Wednesday December 9, 2009 after a heart attack aged 58. His body was transferred to Amman, where he was laid to rest on Thursday December 10, 2009.
External links
- Jordan gets new intelligence chief - Al-jazeera.net
- Al-Rai Newspaper المشير سعد خير في ذمة الله
- Muneeb Madi and Suleman Moussa. History of Jordan in the Twentieth Century 1900-1959, Al-Muhtaseb Library, 1988.