Tareq Salah Attalla Suheimat (23 September 1936 – 21 July 2014), was a distinguished Jordanian physician, nephrologist, military General, and statesman. Born in the historic city of Al-Karak in southern Jordan, Suheimat studied in Amman's schools and then studied medicine in a number of universities, institutes and hospitals in the United Kingdom and the United States of America. He joined the Jordanian Armed Forces where he reached the rank of Major General, and has held a number of senior responsibilities at both medical and governmental levels. Education Received his primary and secondary education in the Jordanian capital, Amman. He studied in Britain, where he received a degree in Medicine and Surgery – University of London – London Hospital Medical College (the first school to be granted an official charter for medical teaching in 1785) and the Royal College of Surgeons of England of London 1962. Obtained a Specialty in Internal Medicine – and Renal diseases at leading UK hospitals. Obtained at an advanced specialty in nephrology and renal transplantation – from Philadelphia, United States of America. Medical Associations Member of the Jordan Medical Association. Member and former Chairman of the Jordan Society of Nephrology . Member and former Chairman of the Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation. Member of the International Society of Nephrology. Member of the internal medicine society in Jordan. Member and former chairman of nephrology board – Jordan Medical council . Fellow American College of Physicians. National Societies Member of the Association of International Affairs. Member of the Society of Friends of the poor patient. Member and former Chairman of the British-Jordanian Friendship Society. President of British University Medical Graduate Society in Jordan. Experience He joined the Jordanian Armed Forces – the Royal Medical Services and has held several positions including: Director of the department of Internal Medicine and kidney diseases at King Hussein Medical Center. Deputy Director of the Royal Medical Services Jordan. Medical Director of King Hussein Medical Center. Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at King Hussein Medical City. Head of Nephrology, King Hussein Medical City. Director of Hamad General Hospital in the State of Qatar. Minister of Post and Telecommunications, The Government of Abdelsalam al-Majali in 1993. Minister of Health, the government of Ali Abu al-Ragheb in 2000. Member of the Senate of Jordan. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Post and Telecommunications of Jordan. Managed the first successful kidney