Nasser Judeh

Nasser Judeh is a Jordanian politician and diplomat who served as Jordan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2017, and as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates from 2015 to 2017. From 2017 to 2024, he served as a Senator in Jordan’s Upper House of Parliament, where he chaired the Japan and Spain Friendship Committees.

Over the course of his public service career, he held several senior ministerial and media-related positions, including Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications (2007–2009), Minister of Information (1998–1999), and official government spokesperson across multiple terms. He also served as Director General of the Jordan Radio and Television Corporation and Director of Jordan Television. Earlier in his career, he held several positions at the Royal Hashemite Court, including Principal Private and Press Secretary to the Crown Prince.

Internationally, Judeh has remained actively engaged in multilateral diplomacy, mediation, and peacebuilding efforts. He served on the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation (2017–2019), the High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement (2019–2021), and the Independent Eminent Persons Panel reviewing the UN Peacebuilding Architecture (2019–2020). During Jordan’s 2014–2015 term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, he presided over the Council on multiple occasions.

Judeh currently serves on several regional and international boards and advisory bodies, including the Board of Trustees of the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy, the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, the World Affairs Council–Jordan, and the Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan.

He earned a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in 1982, with a focus on international politics, law, and organisations.