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The head of the Amman Chamber of Industry elections committee, Moutaz Al-Shawarbi, announced on Saturday the preliminary results of the winners in the Chamber elections, which took place today under the supervision of the Independent Election Commission.
According to Al-Shawarbi, Fathi Al-Jaghabir, Dima Sakhtyan, Raed Al-Takruri, Fawaz Al-Shakaa, Ahad Al-Rajabi, Saad Yassin, Eyad Abu Hultam, Ahmed Al-Khadhri, and Majdi Al-Hashlamon won the elections.
The voting rate in the elections was 53.38%, with 640 voters casting their votes out of a total of 1,199 voters.
The Amman Chamber of Industry, founded in 1962, currently has around 8,600 industrial establishments employing 159,000 workers, with a capital of approximately 5 billion Jordanian Dinars.
The elections for the Irbid and Zarqa Chambers of Industry were decided by acclamation, as only 9 names ran for each chamber, which is the number that forms the board of directors.
In the Irbid Chamber of Industry, Hani Abu Hassan, Hussein Al-Daraiseh, Nidal Al-Hasi, Amin Al-Rumahhi, Khaled Al-Kharasha, Mamoun Halawa, Mamoun Khader, Muhammad Owais, and Mazen Al-Ramah won by acclamation.
In the Zarqa Chamber of Industry, Eng. Fares Hamouda, Hussein Al-Hawatmeh, Amjad Al-Basha, Wassam Sidr, Amer Al-Dmour, Dina Jack Khayat, Ali Hassan, Ayman Al-Masri, and Ghassan Al-Kilani won by acclamation.
The elections for the ten industrial sectors under the umbrella of the Jordan Chamber of Industry were also decided by acclamation, with Muhammad Al-Abasi winning for the packaging, paper, cardboard, and office supplies sector, Eng. Ahmed Al-Bus winning for the chemical industries and cosmetics sector, Alaa Abu Souf winning for the construction sector, Eng. Ehab Qadri winning for the leather and knitwear industries sector, and Fadi Al-Atrush winning for the medical industries and supplies sector.
Alaa Abu Khuzna won for the plastic and rubber industries sector, Muhammad Al-Jitaan won for the food, supply, agriculture, and livestock industries sector, Muhammad Al-Haj Hassan won for the engineering, electrical, and information technology industries sector, Ibrahim Al-Jazi won for the mining industries sector, and Taher Khalid won for the wood and furniture industries sector.
The board of directors of the Jordan Chamber of Industry consists of 19 members, distributed between 4 members from the Amman Chamber of Industry, 3 members from the Irbid Chamber of Industry, and the same number from the Zarqa Chamber of Industry, in addition to the winners from the ten industrial sectors and a member chosen by the board to represent the handicraft sector.
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