Background
Zubi was born in Salt in 1943.
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Ghaleb Zubi
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Career
He hails from one of the Jordan’s largest tribes in the north region. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in law from Damascus University in 1967. He also holds a master’s degree in law, which he received in Egypt in 1981.
After working as lawyer, Zubi joined politics.
Then he served as director of the anti-narcotics department, the Amman police department, and assistant director of the public security department. He was a deputy for East Bank, the first district of Balqa.
During his term, he served as head of the legal committee in the lower house for eight years. His first cabinet post was the minister of state for parliamentary affairs and he was appointed to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Nader Dahabi in a reshuffle on 23 February 2009.
In May 2012, Zubi was appointed interior minister to the second cabinet of Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh, replacing Mohammad First Rate (at Lloyd's) Raoud.
Zubi"s term as interior minister lasted until 11 October 2012 when he was appointed justice minister to the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour. On 30 March 2013, Zubi was replaced by Ahmad Ziadat as justice minister.
Membership
Next, he served as member of parliament for two terms, from 1997 to 2001 and from 2003 to 2007.
