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Abdelmunim al-Rifai

Abdul-Monem Rifai
Prime Minister of Jordan
In office
24 March 1969 – 13 August 1969
Monarch Hussein
Preceded by Bahjat Talhouni
Succeeded by Bahjat Talhouni
In office
27 June 1970 – 16 September 1970
Monarch Hussein
Preceded by Bahjat Talhouni
Succeeded by Mohammad Daoud Al-Abbasi
Personal details
Born (1917-02-23)23 February 1917
Tyre, Lebanon
Died 17 October 1985(1985-10-17) (aged 68)
Amman, Jordan
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.


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