Lina Shabib


Lina Shabib is a Jordanian politician and government Minister of Transport.

Biography

Lina Shahib was appointed the Minister of Transport of Jordan in the cabinet of Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on 21 August 2013. She attended the General Assembly of the Arab Bridge Maritime Company in Cairo, Egypt in 31 December 2013, where she discussed ways to improve transport connections with Egypt and Iraq. Under her, the transport ministry filed a complaint with the International Civil Aviation Organization against Israel over the construction of Ramon Airport in Timna Valley on July 2015. Jordan in the complaint said that the new airport would be to close to its own King Hussein International Airport in Aqaba and will disrupt air traffic to the airport. On 7 May she signed an Memorandum of Understanding with Ivaylo Moskovski, the Bulgarian Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications that sought to improve aviation and transport ties between Jordan and Bulgaria.