Nathir_Obeidat
Nathir Mifleh Mohammad Obeidat (born December 20, 1959, in Hartha, Abila, Irbid)[1] is a Jordanian physician who currently serves as the President of the University of Jordan.[2] He held the role of Jordanian Minister of Health in Bisher Al-Khasawneh's Cabinet from October 12, 2020, until he stepped down on March 14, 2021.[3][4] Prior to that, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Jordan, starting in 2016,[5] and later took on the role of spokesperson for media communications regarding the 2019 Coronavirus outbreak in Jordan.[6]
He tendered his resignation as Minister of Health in response to a request from the royal authorities, prompted by an oxygen supply failure at Salt Hospital, resulting in multiple fatalities.[3][4]