Zaid al-Rifai ( ar, زيد الرفاعي) (born 27 November 1936 in

Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 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 ...

) is a Jordanian politician that served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Jordan from April 1984 to April 1989.

Biography

He served as

Prime Minister of Jordan The prime minister of Jordan is the head of government of the Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The prime minister is appointed by the List of kings of Jordan, king of Jordan, who is then free to form his own Cabinet of Jordan, Cabinet. Th ...

and formed four different governments, the last of which was Jordan's longest lasting government in the history of the kingdom. It lasted for a term of 5 years and 23 days from (4 April 1984 to 27 April 1989). His father, Sameer al-Rifai, father-in-law,

Bahjat Talhouni Bahjat Talhouni ( ar, بهجت التلهوني; 1913 – January 30, 1994) was a Jordanian political figure. He served as the 14th Prime Minister of Jordan between 1960 and 1970 for six different terms. Talhouni was Prime Minister from Augus ...

and his son,

Samir Rifai Samir Zaid al-Rifai ( ar, سمير زيد الرفاعي) (born 1 July 1966) is a Jordanian politician who was the 38th Prime Minister of Jordan from 14 December 2009 to 9 February 2011. Early life and education Al-Rifai hails from a prominent ...

all served as Jordanian prime minister. Zaid al-Rifai was the

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of the

Senate of Jordan The Senate of Jordan is the upper house of the Jordanian Parliament which, along with the House of Representatives forms the legislature of Jordan.

from June 1997 to December 2009. On 12 December 2009, he resigned from office.

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Prime Ministry of Jordan website
Prime Ministers of Jordan Presidents of the Senate of Jordan 1936 births Living people Jordanian people of Palestinian descent Government ministers of Jordan Foreign ministers of Jordan Defence ministers of Jordan Victoria College, Alexandria alumni Harvard University alumni Jordanian diplomats Ambassadors of Jordan to the United Kingdom Members of the Senate of Jordan Children of national leaders {{Jordan-politician-stub

Biography

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