Husayn Fakhri al-Khalidi (, , 17 January 1895 – 6 February 1962) was

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from 1935 to 1937 and the 13th Prime Minister of Jordan in 1957.

Early life

Khalidi served as a doctor in the

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during

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, and was injured three times. He subsequently served for over a decade as a member of Jerusalem's Health Department and as an Inspector of Jerusalem's Water Department.

Political career

In September 1934, Kalidi sought election as both as

Mayor of Jerusalem The Mayor of the City of Jerusalem is head of the executive branch of the political system in Jerusalem. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Jerusal ...

and for

Raghib al-Nashashibi Raghib al-Nashashibi (, ) (1881–1951), CBE (hon), was a Palestinian public figure and wealthy landowner during the Ottoman Empire, the British Mandate and the Jordanian administration. He was a member of the Nashashibi clan, one of the most i ...

's seat on the City Council. He won the latter, and was subsequently appointed to the former on 21 January 1935, days after an appeal of the election results by Nasashibi was rejected by the Jerusalem District Court.

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and Yacoub Farradj became Deputy Mayors. On 23 June 1935 Khalidi founded the Reform Party and was subsequently the party's representative to the

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On 1 October 1937, amid the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine, the British Mandate administration outlawed the AHC and several Arab political parties and arrested a number of Arab political leaders. The Reform Party was dissolved and Khalidi was one of the leaders arrested.''A Survey of Palestine - prepared in December 1945 and January 1946 for the information of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry.'' Reprinted 1991 by the Institute of Palestine Studies, Washington. Volume II. . p.949 He was removed as mayor of Jerusalem and deported to the

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, together with four other Arab nationalist political leaders. He was released in December 1938 to enable him to take part in the London Conference in February 1939, and was among those rejecting the British Government's

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. Khalidi returned to

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in November 1942 and joined the reformed Arab Higher Committee in 1945, becoming its secretary in 1946. He was a member of the short-lived

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established under Egypt's patronage in Gaza in September 1948. He published a book of his memoirs in the same year, while exiled in Beirut.
Episode 4 He prospered under

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ian rule, he was custodian and supervisor of the

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in 1951, became a cabinet minister (for Foreign Affairs) and briefly

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in 1957. In 1958, he wrote a book in English entitled ''Arab Exodus'', though it has never been published. Khalidi died on 6 February 1962. He was the brother of Ismail Khalidi and the uncle of

Rashid Khalidi Rashid Ismail Khalidi (; born 18 November 1948) is a Palestinian-American historian of the Middle East and the Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. He served as editor of the '' Journal of Palestine St ...

and Raja Khalidi.ISMAIL KHALIDI, 52, U.N. OFFICIAL, DIES, New York Times, September 6, 1968

References

External links

Prime Ministry of Jordan website
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Early life

Political career

See also

References

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