Abdul-Monem Rifai | |
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Prime Minister of Jordan | |
In office 24 March 1969 – 13 August 1969 |
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Monarch | Hussein |
Preceded by | Bahjat Talhouni |
Succeeded by | Bahjat Talhouni |
In office 27 June 1970 – 16 September 1970 |
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Monarch | Hussein |
Preceded by | Bahjat Talhouni |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Daoud Al-Abbasi |
Personal details | |
Born |
Tyre, Lebanon |
23 February 1917
Died | 17 October 1985 Amman, Jordan |
(aged 68)
Political party | Independent |
Religion | Islam |
Abdul-Monem Rifai (ʻAbd al-Munʻim Rifāʻī) (23 February 1917 – 17 October 1985) was a Jordanian diplomat and political figure of Palestinian descent. He was born in Lebanon. Rifai was Jordan's first Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the United Nations Headquarters in New York in 1956. Rifai was additionally one of Jordan's most prominent poets and penned the lyrics of the Jordanian National Anthem.