Abdul-Monem Rifai
18th Prime Minister of Jordan
In office
24 March 1969  13 August 1969
MonarchHussein
Preceded byBahjat Talhouni
Succeeded byBahjat Talhouni
In office
27 June 1970  16 September 1970
MonarchHussein
Preceded byBahjat Talhouni
Succeeded byMohammad Daoud Al-Abbasi
Personal details
Born(1917-02-23)23 February 1917
Safad, Ottoman Palestine
Died17 October 1985(1985-10-17) (aged 68)
Amman, Jordan
Political partyIndependent
RelationsZaid Rifai (nephew)

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 18th Prime Minister of Jordan in 1969 and 1970.[1]

Life

Abdelmunim Al-Rifai was born in Safad, Sanjak of Acre, 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. Rifai was additionally one of Jordan's most prominent poets and penned the lyrics of the Jordanian National Anthem.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Yaacov Shimoni, Biographical Dictionary of the Middle East, 1991, p.194
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