Honorific-Prefix: | Excellency |
Sa'id Mufti سعيد مفتي Хьэбжьокъуэ Сайд | |
Office: | 9th Prime Minister of Jordan |
Term Start: | 12 April 1950 |
Term End: | 4 December 1950 |
Predecessor: | Tawfik Abu al-Huda |
Successor: | Samir al-Rifai |
Monarch2: | Hussein |
Term Start2: | 30 May 1955 |
Term End2: | 15 December 1955 |
Predecessor2: | Tawfik Abu al-Huda |
Successor2: | Hazza Al-Majali |
Monarch3: | Hussein |
Term Start3: | 22 May 1956 |
Term End3: | 1 July 1956 |
Predecessor3: | Samir al-Rifai |
Successor3: | Ibrahim Hashim |
Birth Date: | 26 June 1898 |
Birth Place: | Amman, Ottoman Empire |
Death Place: | Amman, Jordan |
Party: | Independent |
Residence: | Jabal Amman |
Profession: | Government Employee |
Sa'id Pasha al-Mufti (Arabic: سعيد المفتي; Adyghe; Adygei: Хьэбжьокъуэ Сайд; 26 June 1898 – 25 March 1989) was the 9th Prime Minister of Jordan and a Jordanian political figure of Circassian origin. Said Pasha received Emir Abdullah with a few Jordanian Sheikhs, when he came to Jordan and was leading the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman rule.
Al-Mufti served three terms as the Prime Minister of Jordan between 14 April 1950 and 1 July 1956. Al-Mufti lived in Jabal Amman, an elite area of the capital Amman; his house became known for its architecture and was later dubbed Al-Mufti House.
Al-Mufti was an independent politician, serving in several governments as interior minister (1944–1945, 1948–1950, 1951–1953 and 1957).[1] He was Minister of Finance in 1945.[2] He served as the President of the Senate of Jordan from December 1956 to July 1963 and from November 1965 to November 1974.[3]
In his honor a main street in the Sweifieh area of Amman was named "Sa'eed al-Mufti Street", where the Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina is located.[4]