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Smadi elected as Ad Dustour chairman
By Petra - Feb 18,2014 - Last updated at Feb 18,2014
AMMAN — Members of local Arabic daily Ad Dustour’s board on Tuesday elected Senator Tayseer Smadi as chairman.
Smadi has previously served as minister of planning, agriculture and public sector development, in addition to serving as chairman of the Islamic International Arab Bank and as a board member of a number of institutions.
In a statement on Tuesday, he said that Ad Dustour needs some time to “restore order” and become a profitable company once again.
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