Abdelmunim Rifai
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 | This biographical article is written like a résumé. (January 2017) |
ʿAbdul Munʿim Rifāʿī | |
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| 18th 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 |
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| Born | 23 February 1917 Safad, Ottoman Palestine |
| Died | 17 October 1985 (aged 68) Amman, Jordan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Relations | Zayd Rifāʿī (nephew) Samīr Rifāʿī (brother) |
ʿAbdul Munʿim Rifāʿī (23 February 1917 – 17 October 1985) was a Jordanian diplomat and political figure of Palestinian descent, who served two non-consecutive terms as the 18th Prime Minister of Jordan in 1969 and 1970.[1]
Life
[edit]ʿAbdul Munʿim Rifāʿī was born in Safad, Sanjak of Acre. He was the younger brother of Samīr Rifāʿī[1] and the uncle of Zayd Rifāʿī. He was Jordan's first Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in 1956.[citation needed] Rifai was additionally one of Jordan's most prominent poets and penned the lyrics of the Jordanian national and royal anthem.[2][3]
