| Mahmoud Al-Samra | |
| Office: | Minister of Culture of Jordan |
| Term Start: | October 22, 1991 |
| Term End: | May 30, 1993 |
| Predecessor: | Khaled Al-Karaki |
| Primeminister: | Zaid ibn Shaker |
| Birth Date: | 20 April 1923 |
| Birth Place: | Tantura, Mandatory Palestine |
| Death Place: | Amman, Jordan |
| Alma Mater: | University of London (PhD) King Fuad University (BA) |
Mahmoud Daoud Sulaiman Al-Samra, محمود السمرة, (April 20, 1923 – November 10, 2018) was a Jordanian academic, academic administrator, and writer. Al-Samra served as the Jordanian Minister of Culture from 1991 until 1993.[1] He authored more than 250 books, articles, research papers and other academic and literary works during his career.[1]
Al-Samra was born in Tantura, Mandatory Palestine, in 1923. He received his Bachelor of Arts from King Fuad University (present-day Cairo University) in 1950 and his doctorate in philosophy from the Institute of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London in 1958.[2]
He served as the dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Jordan from 1968 to 1973 and Vice President of the University of Jordan from 1973 to 1989.[2]
Mahmoud Al-Samra died on November 10, 2018, at the age of 95.[1]