Adnan Abu-Odeh

Adnan Abu Odeh, born in Nablus (Palestine) in 1933 was a senator in the Jordanian House of Parliament from 1998-1999, when he was appointed political advisor to King Abdullah. He served as Jordan's permanent representative to the UN (1992-1995), non-resident Ambassador of Jordan to Cuba (1993-1995), Chief of the Royal Court in Jordan (1991-1992), Minister of Information (1976-1979 and 1980-1984), and Political Advisor to King Hussein (1988-1991), Minister of the Court (1984-1988) and Minister of Culture and Information (1970-1972 and 1973-1974).

He was a visiting scholar at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in July 1997-November 1997; a visiting scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Centre for International Studies in January 1997-June 1997; a senior fellow at the United States Institute for Peace in 1995-1996; and a fellow at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University in 1975-1976.

He is also author of "Two Capitals in an Undivided Jerusalem", Foreign Affairs 70, an article on the future of the Holy city published in 1992; "Bridging the Gap of Peace in the Middle East", published in The Journal of Palestine Studies; and of the book Jordanians, Palestinians and the Hashemite Kingdom in the Middle East Peace Process.