Adnan Badran

Adnan Badran (born December 15 1935) is a Jordanian scientist, academic and politician. He is the current prime minister of Jordan.

Badran was born in Jerash, Jordan. From 1966 to 1986, he was a professor of biology at several universities in Jordan, quickly becoming a leader in his field and the writer of several textbooks and many papers, particularly about the development of science in the eArab world. He served as agriculture minister and education minister briefly during the late 1980s. During the 1990s he became president of the Arab Academy of Sciences and the Philadelphia University of Jordan, positions that he still holds. From 1993 to 1998, he was deputy director of UNESCO.

Badran was appointed prime minister on April 7 2005 by King Abdullah II as part of a new government which is to be more reformist than previous governments. Badran also became defense minister in the new government.

Badran's brother, Mudar Badran is also an important politician in Jordan and served as prime minister several times.