Office: | 18th Prime Minister of Jordan |
Monarch1: | Hussein |
Term Start1: | 24 March 1969 |
Term End1: | 13 August 1969 |
Predecessor1: | Bahjat Talhouni |
Successor1: | Bahjat Talhouni |
Term Start2: | 27 June 1970 |
Term End2: | 16 September 1970 |
Monarch2: | Hussein |
Predecessor2: | Bahjat Talhouni |
Successor2: | Mohammad Daoud Al-Abbasi |
Birth Date: | 23 February 1917 |
Birth Place: | Safad, Ottoman Palestine |
Death Place: | Amman, Jordan |
Party: | Independent |
(23 February 1917 – 17 October 1985) was a Jordanian diplomat and political figure of Palestinian descent, who served two non-consecutive terms as the 18th Prime Minister of Jordan in 1969 and 1970.[1]
was born in Safad, Sanjak of Acre. He was the younger brother of Samīr Rifāʿī[1] and the uncle of Zayd Rifāʿī. He was Jordan's first Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in 1956. Rifai was additionally one of Jordan's most prominent poets and penned the lyrics of the Jordanian national and royal anthem.[2] [3]