Zaid Rifai Explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Zaid al-Rifai
Birthname:Zaid Sameer al-Rifai
Office:President of the Senate
Term Start:8 June 1997
Term End:17 December 2009
Predecessor:Ahmad al-Lawzi
Successor:Taher Nashat al-Masri
Office1:Prime Minister of Jordan
Monarch1:Hussein
Term Start1:4 April 1984
Term End1:27 April 1989
Predecessor1:Ahmad Obeidat
Successor1:Zaid ibn Shaker
Monarch2:Hussein
Term Start2:26 May 1973
Term End2:13 July 1976
Predecessor2:Ahmad al-Lawzi
Successor2:Mudar Badran
Birth Date:27 November 1936
Birth Place:Amman, Transjordan, British Empire
Children:Samir Rifai (son)
Alma Mater:Harvard University
Profession:Politician
Native Name Lang:ar

Zaid al-Rifai (Arabic: زيد الرفاعي; 27 November 1936 – 12 August 2024) was a Jordanian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Jordan from May 1973 to July 1976, and again from April 1984 to April 1989.

Biography

Rifai served as prime minister and formed four different governments, the last of which was Jordan's longest lasting government in the history of the kingdom. It lasted for a term of 5 years and 23 days from 4 April 1984 to 27 April 1989. His father, Sameer al-Rifai, his father-in-law, Bahjat Talhouni, and his son, Samir Rifai, all served as Jordanian prime minister.

Rifai survived an assassination attempt on 15 December 1971 while he was serving as the ambassador of Jordan to the United Kingdom. The perpetrators were the members of the Fatah, and the reason for the attack was the Black September events which led to the departure of the Palestinians from Jordan in 1970.[1]

Rifai was the president of the Senate of Jordan from June 1997 to December 2009.[2] On 12 December 2009, he resigned from office.[3]

Rifai died on 12 August 2024, at the age of 87.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Fuad Jabber. The Arab Regimes and the Palestinian Revolution, 1967-71. Journal of Palestine Studies. 2. 2. 1973. 10.2307/2535482. 100. 2535482.
  2. Web site: Previous Councils − The Senate of Jordan. 12 January 2019. Senate of Jordan.
  3. News: Senate President tenders resignation to King. 12 December 2009. Petra News Agency. 14 December 2009. 31 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191231014102/http://www.petra.gov.jo/Artical.aspx?Lng=1&Section=8&Artical=154644. dead.
  4. https://en.ammonnews.net/mobile/article/74408 Former PM Zaid Al-Rifai passes away