Salah al-Din Attallah Suheimat () MP (1914 – 30 November 1966) was a Member of the

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on the banner of the city

Al Karak Al-Karak (), in English sources often simply Karak, is a city in Jordan known for its medieval castle, the Kerak Castle. The castle is one of the three largest castles in the region, the other two being in Syria. Al-Karak is the capital city of ...

. Born in 1914, the son of Sheikh Attallah Suheimat, a national leader, who was a member of the first Legislative Council of the

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and later Transjordan and the grandson of

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Suheimat who was a national leader and a member of the first municipal council of the city of Karak during the reign of the Ottoman Empire in the 1890s. MP Salah Suheimat received his primary and preparatory education at the primary school in Karak and then completed his secondary education at the secondary school of Salt (''

As-Salt Al-Salt ( ''Al-Salt''), also known as Salt, is an ancient trading city and administrative centre in west-central Jordan. It is on the old main highway leading from Amman to Jerusalem. Situated in the Balqa (region), Balqa highland, about 790– ...

''), and later obtained a Diploma in Agriculture in

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, Lebanon. Salah Suheimat was the first Secretary General of the Jordanian parliament in 1946.

Career highlights

* Director of Publications. * Military governor of Balqa, administrative and acting governor for a number of areas in The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. * The Head of the Jordanian delegation to restore and normalise diplomatic relations with

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on 5/11/1960. * Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Jordanian House of Representatives. * Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior. * Secretary General of the Jordanian parliament ( 1946–48, 1951–53, 1961–62). * Member of the Jordanian parliament (8 July 1963 – 30 November 1966).フリーランスで働けるWEBデザイナー案件 www.parobserver.org
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Awards

Suheimat received The Grand Cordon of the

Order of the Star of Jordan The Order of the Star of Jordan (Wisam al-Kawkab al-Urduni) or The Order of Hussein ibn Ali (Wisam al-Hussein ibn Ali) is an award and order of Jordan and is awarded for military or civil merit. It was founded in honour of his father, by King ...

and The Grand Cordon of the

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, in addition he received a number of decorations from Arab and European states.

Family

Salah Suheimat is the brother of General Muhammad Suheimat and Izzeddin Suheimat.

Death

Salah Suheimat died in

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on 30 November 1966 and was buried in the cemetery of the Prophet Noah in the city of Al Karak.

References

Members of the House of Representatives (Jordan) 1914 births 1966 deaths Grand Cordons of the Order of Independence (Jordan) Recipients of the Order of The Star of Jordan {{Jordan-politician-stub

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