The former director of the Jordanian intelligence agency from 2011 to 2017 graduated from the University of Jordan in 1974. He obtained a postgraduate diploma in 1975 and joined the General Intelligence Directorate in 1976 as a lieutenant. He served in various positions within the intelligence agency until 2005, when he was promoted to the rank of major general. He then joined the Royal Hashemite Court's National Security Council and was appointed as an extraordinary ambassador and plenipotentiary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Kingdom of Morocco.