Background
Shaker, Sharif Zeid Bin was born in 1934 in Amman, Jordan.
Shaker, Sharif Zeid Bin was born in 1934 in Amman, Jordan.
Graduate, Victoria College, Alexandria, 1951. Postgraduate, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, England, 1955. Postgraduate, Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1964.
Aide-de-camp Jordan Military Service, 1955-1957, assistant military attache, 1957-1958, Commander of armored brigade, Commander armored division, 1964-1970, assistant chief of staff for operations, 1970-1972, chief of staff for operations, 1972-1976, commander-in-chief, 1976, prime minister, minister of defense Amman, since 1989.
Married; two children.