Abdul-Monem Rifai (ʻAbd al-Munʻim Rifāʻī) (23 February 1917 – 17 October 1985) was a
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
ian diplomat and
political figure
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of
Palestinian descent, who served two non-consecutive terms as the 18th
Prime Minister of Jordan in 1969 and 1970.
[Yaacov Shimoni, ''Biographical Dictionary of the Middle East'', 1991, p.194]
Life
Abdelmunim Al-Rifai was born in
Safad
Safed (known in Hebrew as Tzfat; Sephardic Hebrew & Modern Hebrew: צְפַת ''Tsfat'', Ashkenazi Hebrew: ''Tzfas'', Biblical Hebrew: ''Ṣǝp̄aṯ''; ar, صفد, ''Ṣafad''), is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an eleva ...
,
Palestine, the younger brother of
Samir Al-Rifai.
[ 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.
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See also
* List of prime ministers of Jordan
References
External links
Prime Ministry of Jordan website
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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
Members of the Senate of Jordan