Samir Al-Rifai

8th Prime Minister of JordanIn office
27 March 1963 – 21 April 1963MonarchHusseinPreceded byWasfi al-TalSucceeded byHussein ibn NasserIn office
18 May 1958 – 6 May 1959MonarchHusseinPreceded byIbrahim HashemSucceeded byHazza' al-MajaliIn office
8 January 1956 – 22 May 1956MonarchHusseinPreceded byIbrahim HashemSucceeded bySa`id al-MuftiIn office
4 December 1950 – 25 July 1951MonarchsTalal
Abdullah IPreceded bySa`id al-MuftiSucceeded byTawfik Abu al-HudaIn office
4 February 1947 – 28 December 1947MonarchAbdullah IPreceded byIbrahim HashemSucceeded byTawfik Abu al-Huda Personal detailsBorn30 January 1901
Safed, Beirut Vilayet, Ottoman EmpireDied12 October 1965 (aged 64)
Amman, JordanPolitical partyIndependentAlma materAmerican University of Beirut

Samir al-Rifai (Arabic: سمير الرفاعي;‎ 30 January 1901 – 12 October 1965) was Jordanian politician. He served several terms as the 8th Prime Minister of Jordan. He was born in Safed, Palestine.

Al-Rifai served under Kings Abdullah I, Talal and Hussein:

• Minister of Finance from 1943 to 1944^[1]
• Prime Minister of the Emirate of Transjordan from 15 October 1944 to 19 May 1945
• Prime Minister of the Emirate of Transjordan from 19 May 1945 to 25 May 1946
• Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 4 December 1950 to 25 July 1951
• Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 8 January 1956 to 22 May 1956
• Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 18 May 1958 to 6 May 1959
• Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 27 March 1963 to 21 April 1963
• President of the Senate of Jordan from 10 July 1963 to 1 November 1965^[2]

He was the father of Prime Minister Zaid al-Rifai and the grandfather of Prime Minister Samir Rifai.

He died in Amman, aged 64.

See also

• List of prime ministers of Jordan

References

External links

• Prime Ministry of Jordan website

Political offices
Preceded by Ibrahim Hashem	Prime Minister of Jordan 1947	Succeeded by Tawfik Abu al-Huda
Preceded by Sa`id al-Mufti	Prime Minister of Jordan 1950–1951	Succeeded by Tawfik Abu al-Huda
Preceded by Ibrahim Hashem	Prime Minister of Jordan 1956	Succeeded by Sa`id al-Mufti
Preceded by Ibrahim Hashem	Prime Minister of Jordan 1958–1959	Succeeded by Hazza' al-Majali
Preceded by Wasfi al-Tal	Prime Minister of Jordan 1963	Succeeded by Hussein ibn Nasser