Abdelmunim Rifai
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Abdul-Monem Rifai | |
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27th Prime Minister of Jordan | |
In office 24 March 1969 – 13 August 1969 | |
Monarch | Hussein |
Preceded by | Bahjat Talhouni |
Succeeded by | Bahjat Talhouni |
In office 27 June 1970 – 16 September 1970 | |
Monarch | Hussein |
Preceded by | Bahjat Talhouni |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Daoud Al-Abbasi |
Personal details | |
Born | Tyre, Lebanon | 23 February 1917
Died | 17 October 1985 Amman, Jordan | (aged 68)
Political party | Independent |
Abdul-Monem Rifai (ʻAbd al-Munʻim Rifāʻī) (23 February 1917 – 17 October 1985) was a Jordanian diplomat and political figure of Palestinian descent, who served two non-consecutive terms as the Prime Minister of Jordan in 1969 and 1970.[1]
Life[]
Abdelmunim Al-Rifai was born in Safad, Palestine, the younger brother of Samir Al-Rifai.[1] Rifai was Jordan's first Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the United Nations Headquarters in New York in 1956.[citation needed] Rifai was additionally one of Jordan's most prominent poets and penned the lyrics of the Jordanian National Anthem.[citation needed]
Career[]
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- School teacher in Amman (1938)
- Worked at the Hashemite Royal Palace (1941–1942)
- Consul to Egypt, Lebanon and Syria (1943–1944)
- Delegation member to the British Mandate
- Consul to the United States and a United Nations Permanent Representative (1959)
- Ambassador to the United States (1954–1975)
- Ambassador to Lebanon (1957–1958)
- Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1958)
- Ambassador to Egypt and an Arab League Permanent Representative.
- Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (7 October 1967 – 25 April 1968)
- Foreign Minister (25 April 1968 – 24 March 1969)
- Prime Minister (24 March – 13 August 1969)
- Member of the Senate of Jordan (30 June 1969 – 1971)
- Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister (12 August 1969 – 26 June 1970)
- Prime Minister (27 June – 16 September 1970)
See also[]
- List of Prime Ministers of Jordan
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Yaacov Shimoni, Biographical Dictionary of the Middle East, 1991, p.194
External links[]
Categories:
- 1917 births
- 1985 deaths
- People from Tyre, Lebanon
- Palestinians
- Prime Ministers of Jordan
- National anthem writers
- Permanent Representatives of Jordan to the United Nations
- Government ministers of Jordan
- Foreign ministers of Jordan
- Culture ministers of Jordan
- Information ministers of Jordan
- Deputy prime ministers of Jordan
- Tourism ministers of Jordan
- American University of Beirut alumni
- Jordanian diplomats
- Ambassadors of Jordan to the United States
- Ambassadors of Jordan to Lebanon
- Ambassadors of Jordan to the United Kingdom
- Ambassadors of Jordan to Egypt
- Ambassadors of Jordan to the Arab League
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