Adnan Badran (Arabic: عدنان بدران; born 15 December 1935) is a Jordanian politician and academic.

Badran was born in Jerash, Jordan (then located in the Emirate of Transjordan, a part of the British Empire) on 15 December 1935 to Palestinian parents.

[1] In 1987, Badran was appointed first Secretary General of the country's Higher Council for Science and Technology, the president of which is Prince Hassan.

[6] After seven months, however, he and his government resigned over the slow progress of reforms and the frustration caused by the hotel bombings in Amman on 9 November 2005.

[3] In July 2009, Badran with Moneef R. Zou'bi published the UNESCO Science Report 2010 on the Arab States.