Prime Minister-designate Bisher Khasawneh has assumed several political and diplomatic posts and represented Jordan in various Arab and international events. 

Khasawneh has been decorated with the Order of Independence of the First Degree and the Order of the Star of Jordan, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.

Born on January 27, 1969, Khasawneh  holds a PhD in law from the London School of Economics, a master’s degree in international relations, diplomacy and economics from the SOAS University of London, a master’s degree in international law from the London School of Economics and a bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Jordan. 

He also worked as an adviser for policies to His Majesty King Abdullah as of August 18, 2020 and adviser to King Abdullah for communications and coordination between 2019 and 2020 and Jordan’s permanent representative to UNESCO between 2018 and 2019.

Khasawneh was also the Kingdom’s ambassador to France between 2018 and 2019 and to Egypt between 2012 and 2016, when he also was Jordan’s permanent representative to the Arab League in Cairo, in addition to serving as a minister of state for foreign affairs between 2016 and 2017, and minister of state for legal affairs between 2017 and 2018. 

He was also a member of the Jordanian delegations to the meetings of the UN General Assembly in New York between 2002 and 2004, and 2009 and 2012.