Abdullah Ayasrah

Abdullah Ayasrah
عبد الله عياصره
Chairman of the General Tenders Committee
In office
1997–2000
Monarch King Hussein
King Abdullah II
Personal details
Born 1952
Sakib, Jerash
Political party Independent
Alma mater

 Jordan:

  • Royal Military College.


 United States:

Religion Islam
Military service
Allegiance Jordan
Service/branch Royal Jordanian Army
Years of service 1970–2000
Rank Brigadier General
Unit Royal Maintenance Corps.
Directorate of Defense Procurement.

Abdullah Mustafa Ayasrah (Arabic: عبد الله مصطفى عياصرة‎‎; born 4 December 1952) was a Brigadier General in the Jordanian Army, where he played a major role in improving the Royal Maintenance Corps.

He is currently one of the leaders of the noble tribe Ayasrah with an extensive background in community and public service. [1]

Early life & Education

GRADUATION – Colonel Joseph J. Volpe, director, Petroleum and Field Services Department, U.S. Army Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, Va., presents diploma in Supply Management to First lieutenant Abdullah Ayasrah from Jordan. 23 June 1978.
(U.S. Army Photo by Bob Lee)

Ayasrah was born in Sakib in 1952. And grew up in a prosperous family. He was educated there and finished high school in Jerash. He then enrolled in Royal Military College in Jordan in 1970. He then graduated as a LEUT with a Diploma in Military Science in 1972.

In 1978 he received his second Diploma Degree from U.S Army Quartermaster School (QMS), Fort Lee (Virginia) in Supply Management. He received his degree in Senior management from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California in 1997. He also took courses in CSMS No.1 Texas Army National Guard. and in Army Logistics Management College (ALMC) in Fort Lee.[1][2]

Career

After his graduation in 1972, Ayasrah and his colleagues undertook a difficult and sophisticated programme to improve the Jordanian military after a long period of war. So he was sent to the United States in order to study and receive training in leadership and management.

From 1989 to 1997 Ayasrah was the commander of the supply branch of the Royal Maintenance Corps, a branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). He worked in the Maintenance Corps warehouses that were responsible for supplying the Jordanian Armed Forces with spare parts.

Ayasrah's leading role came at a sensitive time. After the Gulf War, the face of the Middle East had changed. Ayasrah reused parts and reassembled them, due to the shortage of spare parts.

From 1997 to 2000, Ayasrah became the chairman of the General Tenders Committee and he was primarily responsible for buying all the requirements of the Jordanian Armed Forces.[1]

Achievements & Role in military improvement

In the US Ayasrah played a major role in putting a permanent administrative and technical plan for King Hussein Main Workshops (KHMW) which is now the main amour rebuilding facility in Jordan. KHMW is in charge of providing overhaul and rebuilding of combat vehicles and their components. The major functions of KHMW include, but are not limited to, repairing, rebuilding, modifying, and converting combat and tactical armored vehicles, artillery, fire control, and related assemblies.[3][1]

Ayasrah also primarily engaged in negotiations with the U.S. authorities to settle military and financial contracts according to the United States Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF) programs respectively. Today, the Jordanian Armed Forces depend on both programs extensively.

After he retired from the military in 2000, Ayasrah established a special company that attempted to cooperate with the new Jordanian defense company King Abdullah Design and Development Bureau (KADDB). It was established by Royal Decree on 24 August 1999 to provide an indigenous capability for the supply of scientific and technical services to the Jordanian Armed Forces. KADDB was also created for the supply of defense and commercial equipment optimized for Middle East requirements. It is an independent agency within the Jordanian Armed Forces tasked with operating according to best business practices, and is financed by the defense budget and by incomes from technology, product sales, and services.[4]

Honours

 
 
1st Row QMS Badge
2nd Row Medal of Administration and Technical Competence Order of Independence
3rd Row Order of Military Merit Order of the Renaissance Medal of Training Competency
4th Row Medal of Silver Jubilee Medal of Leadership Competence Medal of Honor
5th Row Long Service Medal Service Medal

 USA

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Atum 1996–2003, p. 172.
  2. ↑ "Jordan Armed Forces". Jordan Armed Forces. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Royal Maintenance Corps". Jordan Armed Forces. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Atum 1996–2003, p. 173.

References

See also

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