Hussein ibn Nasser

Jordanian politician and diplomat (1902–1982)
حسين بن ناصر16th Prime Minister of JordanIn office
April 21, 1963 – July 6, 1964MonarchHussienPreceded bySamir al-RifaiSucceeded byBahjat TalhouniIn office
March 4, 1967 – April 23, 1967MonarchHussienPreceded byWasfi al-TalSucceeded bySaad JumaaAmbassador of Jordan to TurkeyIn office
1949–1950Succeeded by1971 and 1972: Hazem Nuseibeh
2002: Marouf al-Bakhit
2012: Amjad AdailehAmbassador of Jordan to SpainIn office
1953–1960Preceded byIssa Basil BandakSucceeded byIklil Sati Personal detailsBorn(1902-11-30)November 30, 1902
Ta'if, Ottoman HejazDiedMay 1, 1982(1982-05-01) (aged 79)[1]Spouse(s)in 1943 married H.R.H. Princess Makbula, third daughter of Abdullah I of JordanChildrenFerihan Debbas[citation needed]Parent
RelativesHussein of Jordan, nephew.Educationstudies in Hejaz schools

Hussein ibn Nasser Sharif GCVO (30 November 1902 – 1 May 1982) was a Jordanian politician and statesman who served as the 16th Prime Minister of Jordan from 1963 to 1964, and again in 1967. He previously served ambassador to Spain and Turkey.

Career

  • From 1929 to 1935 he was attached to the Royal Cabinet in Baghdad.
  • From 1935 to 1937 he was Attaché at the Iraqi Legation to Turkey.
  • From 1938 to 1942 he was Assistant Head of Royal Protocol in Baghdad.
  • From 1944 to 1946 he was Assistant Head of Royal Protocol in Baghdad.
  • From 1946 to 1948 he was Iraqi Consul-General in Jerusalem and Chargé d'affaires in Amman, (Jordan)
  • From 1949 to 1950 he was Jordanian Minister Plenipotentiary to Turkey.
  • From 1950 to 1951 he was Minister at the Legations to France and Spain.
  • From 1953 to 1961 he was ambassador in Madrid.
  • In 1961 he became Chief of the Royal Cabinet.
  • In April 1963 Hussein of Jordan used his constitutional prerogatives, dissolved the Parliament, ordered his uncle Sharif Hussein ibn Nasser to form a government and curb Freedom of assembly of supporters of Gamal Abdel Nasser with Police, army and Bedouin contingents.[2]
  • From April 21, 1963 to July 6, 1964 he was Prime Minister of Jordan.
  • From March 4, 1967 to October 7, 1967 he occupied again the position of Prime Minister of Jordan.
  • In 1969 he was appointed member of the Senate.[3]

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Honour

Foreign honour

References

  1. ^ "Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan". Archived from the original on 2019-10-26. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
  2. ^ Etudes, Volumes 316–317, 1963, p. 349
  3. ^ Kamal Shair, Peter Bartram, Out of the Middle East: The Emergence of an Arab Global Business, p. 137
  4. ^ Sayed Mohamed Mahdi al Tajir, The International Who's who of the Arab World, 1978, p.121 [1]
  5. ^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat". Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
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