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Muhammad Suheimat or Muhammad

Pasha Pasha, Pacha or Paşa ( ota, پاشا; tr, paşa; sq, Pashë; ar, باشا), in older works sometimes anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignita ...

Suheimat (1916 - December 16, 1968) was a Jordanian military General and a statesman. He was born in the city of

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in 1916, the son of Sheikh

Attallah Suheimat Sheikh Attallah Suheimat or Attlallah Pasha Suheimat (1875 - 28 July 1965) was an Arab and Jordanian leader, politician, and a statesperson. Born in the historic city of Al Karak, south of Jordan. He was the son of Sheikh Sulieman effendi Suheimat ...

,a national leader, who was a member of the first Legislative Council of the

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and held several political positions in the

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and later Transjordan. After completing high school studies, General Suheimat was commissioned into the

Jordanian Armed Forces The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) ( ar, الْقُوَّاتُ الْمُسَلَّحَةُ الأرْدُنِية, romanized: ''Al-Quwwat Al-Musallaha Al-Urduniyya''), also referred to as the Arab Army ( ar, الْجَيْشُ الْعَرَبي ...

in 1941, and later graduated from The

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Career Highlights

*One of the founders of the Traffic Department and licensing at the public security department. He established and developed the first

transport law Transport law (or transportation law) is the area of law dealing with transport. The laws can apply very broadly at a transport system level or more narrowly to transport things or activities within that system such as vehicles, things and behavi ...

in Jordan in 1937. *Deputy Director of Public Security Department. *Secretary-General of the Ministry of Defence. *One of the founders of the General Intelligence Directorate in

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. *The First Jordanian Director of the General Intelligence Directorate in Jordan. He was in office from 1952 to 1962. His name appears in the forefront on the board of honor in the General Intelligence Directorate. *Director of the National Security Council, Jordan (In office 1957–1962). *Military attaché representing the Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan in

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. (1964) *Director of Military Intelligence at the Jordanian Armed Forces,(In office 1964–1965) *Advisor to His Majesty King

Hussein bin Talal Hussein bin Talal ( ar, الحسين بن طلال, ''Al-Ḥusayn ibn Ṭalāl''; 14 November 1935 – 7 February 1999) was King of Jordan from 11 August 1952 until his death in 1999. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of ...

for National Security Affairs. *Participated in many official duties of confidentiality as required by the national interest. General Suheimat held more than thirty honors from Jordan, African nations,

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, and The

. General Suheimat is the brother of MP Salah Suheimat and Izzeddin Suheimat. General Suheimat died in Amman on December 16, 1968 (

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1388 ), he received a solemn military funeral and was buried in the cemetery of the Prophet Noah in the city of Al Karak, south of Jordan.تاريخ الأردن في القرن العشرين, سليمان الموسى Volume 2,1988 , History of Jordan in the 20th Century, Suleiman Mousa.

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