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The board of directors of the Amman Chamber of Industry, in its first session held on Sunday, chose Fathi Al-Jaghbir as the chairman of the chamber, and Deema Sakhtian as his deputy.
The board also chose Ahmed Al-Khodari as treasurer, Majdi Al-Hashlamoun as secretary, Raed Al-Takrouri as deputy treasurer, and Saad Yassin as deputy secretary.
The board's membership also includes Iyad Abu Haltam, Ahed Al-Rajabi, and Fawwaz Al-Shakaa.
The Amman Chamber of Industry list, headed by Fathi Al-Jaghbir, won all the seats of the chamber's board of directors in the elections held on Saturday, after the legal quorum of the chamber's general assembly was completed.
Fathi Al-Jaghbir received 587 votes, Saad Yassin 549 votes, Fawwaz Al-Shakaa 547 votes, Ahmed Al-Khodari 542 votes, Majdi Al-Hashlamoun 539 votes, Iyad Abu Haltam 534 votes, Ahed Al-Rajabi 530 votes, Raed Al-Takrouri 528 votes, and Deema Sakhtian 514 votes.
The voter turnout in the elections reached 53.38%, with 640 male and female voters casting their ballots out of a total of 1,199 eligible male and female voters.
The Amman Chamber of Industry, established in 1962, currently includes about 8,600 industrial establishments employing 159,000 workers, with a capital of about 5 billion dinars.
The elections for the chambers of industry in Irbid and Zarqa were decided by acclamation, after only 9 candidates—the exact number that makes up the board of directors—ran for each chamber.
In the Irbid Chamber of Industry, Hani Abu Hassan, Hussein Al-Darayseh, Nidal Al-Hassi, Amin Al-Ramahi, Khaled Al-Khrashkeh, Mamoun Halawa, Mamoun Khader, Mohammad Oweis, and Mazen Al-Ramah won by acclamation.
In the Zarqa Chamber of Industry, Faris Hammouda, Hussein Al-Hawawdeh, Amjad Al-Basha, Wissam Sidr, Amer Al-Dmour, Dina Jack Khayyat, Ali Hassan, Ayman Al-Masri, and Ghassan Al-Kilani won by acclamation.
The elections for the ten industrial sectors operating under the umbrella of the Jordan Chamber of Industry were also decided by acclamation. Mohammad Al-Abbasi won for the packaging, paper, cardboard, and office supplies sector; Ahmed Al-Bass for the chemical industries and cosmetics sector; Alaa Abu Soufa for the construction sector; Ehab Qadri for the leather industries and garments sector; and Fadi Al-Atrash for the therapeutic industries and medical supplies sector.
Alaa Abu Khazna won by acclamation for the plastic and rubber industries sector; Mohammad Al-Ghitan for the food, catering, agricultural, and livestock sector; Mohammad Al-Haj Hasan for the engineering, electrical, and information technology industries sector; Ibrahim Al-Jazi for the mining industries sector; and Taher Khaled for the wood and furniture industries sector.
The board of directors of the Jordan Chamber of Industry consists of 19 members, distributed among 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
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