Abdelhamid Sharaf | |
Order: | Prime Minister of Jordan |
Term Start: | 19 December 1979 |
Term End: | 3 July 1980 |
Predecessor: | Mudar Badran |
Successor: | Kassim al-Rimawi |
Birth Date: | 8 July 1939 |
Father: | Sharaf bin Rajeh |
Birth Place: | Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq |
Death Date: | 3 July 1980 (aged 40) |
Death Place: | Amman, Jordan |
Spouse: | Leila A. Sharaf |
Abdelhamid Sharaf (Arabic: الشريف عبدالحميد شرف; 8 July 1939 – 3 July 1980), was a Jordanian politician born in Iraq who served as the 24th Prime Minister of Jordan from December 1979 until his death of a heart attack after seven months in office. King Hussein announced the death in a live radio broadcast and said that "His death could not have come at a worse time."[1] Sharaf was ambassador to the United States (1967–1972), Canada (1969–1972) and the United Nations (1972–1976).