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Hussein ibn Nasser Sharif GCVO (30 November 1902 – 1 May 1982) was a Jordanian politician and statesman who served as the 16th Prime Minister of Jordan from 1963 to 1964, and again in 1967. He previously served ambassador to Spain and Turkey.
Career
- From 1929 to 1935 he was attached to the Royal Cabinet in Baghdad.
- From 1935 to 1937 he was Attaché at the Iraqi Legation to Turkey.
- From 1938 to 1942 he was Assistant Head of Royal Protocol in Baghdad.
- From 1944 to 1946 he was Assistant Head of Royal Protocol in Baghdad.
- From 1946 to 1948 he was Iraqi Consul-General in Jerusalem and Chargé d'affaires in Amman, (Jordan)
- From 1949 to 1950 he was Jordanian Minister Plenipotentiary to Turkey.
- From 1950 to 1951 he was Minister at the Legations to France and Spain.
- From 1953 to 1961 he was ambassador in Madrid.
- In 1961 he became Chief of the Royal Cabinet.
- In April 1963 Hussein of Jordan used his constitutional prerogatives, dissolved the Parliament, ordered his uncle Sharif Hussein ibn Nasser to form a government and curb Freedom of assembly of supporters of Gamal Abdel Nasser with Police, army and Bedouin contingents.[2]
- From April 21, 1963 to July 6, 1964 he was Prime Minister of Jordan.
- From March 4, 1967 to October 7, 1967 he occupied again the position of Prime Minister of Jordan.
- In 1969 he was appointed member of the Senate.[3]
Honour
Foreign honour
Malaysia : Honorary Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (S.M.N.) (1965)[5]
References
- ^ "Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan". Archived from the original on 2019-10-26. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
- ^ Etudes, Volumes 316–317, 1963, p. 349
- ^ Kamal Shair, Peter Bartram, Out of the Middle East: The Emergence of an Arab Global Business, p. 137
- ^ Sayed Mohamed Mahdi al Tajir, The International Who's who of the Arab World, 1978, p.121 [1]
- ^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat". Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
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