1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...
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Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
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Incumbents
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Monarch
A monarch () is a head of stateWebster's II New College Dictionary. "Monarch". Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest ...
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Hussein
Hussein, Hossein, Hussain, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein, Hussin, Hoessein, Houcine, Hocine or Husain (; ), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N (), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", "handsome" or ...
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Prime Minister
A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
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Ibrahim Hashem
Ibrahim Hashem (; 1886 – 14 July 1958) was a Jordanian politician and judge, known primarily for serving five terms as Prime Minister of Jordan.
Part of a Jordanian delegation that visited Iraq when both countries were part of the Arab Fed ...
(until 6 May),
Samir al-Rifai
Samir al-Rifai (; 30 January 1901 –12 October 1965) was a Jordanian politician and statesman who served several terms as the 8th Prime Minister of Jordan.
Al-Rifai served under Kings Abdullah I, Talal and Hussein:
*Minister of Finance from 1 ...
(starting 6 May)
Events
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1958 Jordan crisis
The 1958 Jordan crisis (Arabic: أزمة الأردن في 1958) was an attempted coup against the regime of King Hussein during the summer of 1958 and immediately following the overthrow of the monarchy in Iraq on 14 July 1958. It was allegedly ...
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See also
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Years in Iraq
This is a list of years in Iraq, referring to the Iraqi Republic (1958-1963), Baathist Iraq (1963-2003) and Arab Republic of Iraq (2003–present).
21st century
20th century
See also
*History of Iraq
*List of years by country
* Timelin ...
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Years in Syria
This is a list of years in Syria.
20th century
* Syrian Republic gained independence from France in 1944, later transforming into Syrian Arab Republic in the 1960s.
21st century
See also
* Timeline of Syrian history
* 2010s in Syria ...
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Years in Saudi Arabia
This is a list of years in Saudi Arabia.
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Emirate of Jebel Shammar
Second Saudi State
Ottoman Arabia
Emirate of Diriyah
18th century
17th century
16th century
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Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...