Khaled Toukan


Khaled Toukan is the current chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission, he served previously as the Minister of Energy for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Minister of Education, and as Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

Academic career

Toukan was the president of Al-Balqa` Applied University from. He also held the position of Acting Dean of Faculty of Engineering & Technology and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Jordan, currently he is a member of the university's Board of Trustees, Research Scientist at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and Associate Research Scientist at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia.
Toukan is a Member of the International High-Level EFA Group, a member of H.M. King Abdullah II Economic Consultative Council, Acting Director of SESAME, and the Jordan representative to SESAME Council and Vice –Chairman.

Ministerial roles

×Term startTerm endOfficeHead of Government
19 February 201117 November 2011Minister of Energy and Mineral ResourcesMarouf al-Bakhit
227 November 200522 November 2007Minister of Education, Higher Education and Scientific ResearchMarouf al-Bakhit
37 April 200524 November 2005Minister of Education, Higher Education and Scientific ResearchAdnan Badran
425 October 20035 April 2005Minister of EducationFaisal al-Fayez
521 July 200322 October 2003Minister of EducationAli Abu al-Ragheb
614 January 200220 July 2003Minister of EducationAli Abu al-Ragheb
720 September 200114 January 2002Minister of Education, Higher Education and Scientific ResearchAli Abu al-Ragheb
819 June 20061 September 2001Minister of EducationAli Abu al-Ragheb

Awards

Toukan's awards include the UNESCO Gandhi Medal of Peace,, the Royal Grand Gordon of Alkukab Al-Urduni,, the Theos, J, Thompson Fellowship in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at M.I.T., and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst.

Life

Born in Amman in 1954, Toukan is married with 3 children. He holds a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,, an M.Sc. degree in Nuclear Engineering from University of Michigan,, and a B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from American University of Beirut,.