Tawfik Abu al-Huda
| Tawfik Abu al-Huda | |
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| Prime Minister of Jordan | |
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In office 4 May 1954 – 30 May 1955 |
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| Monarch | King Hussein |
| Preceded by | Fawzi al-Mulki |
| Succeeded by | Sa`id al-Mufti |
| Prime Minister of Jordan | |
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In office 25 July 1951 – 5 May 1953 |
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| Monarch | King Talal |
| Preceded by | Samir al-Rifai |
| Succeeded by | Fawzi al-Mulki |
| Prime Minister of Jordan | |
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In office 28 December 1947 – 12 April 1950 |
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| Monarch | Abdullah I |
| Preceded by | Samir al-Rifai |
| Succeeded by | Sa`id al-Mufti |
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| Born | 1895 Akka, Palestine |
| Died | July 1956 Amman, Jordan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Tawfik Abu al-Huda (Arabic: توفيق ابو الهدى) (also known as Tawfik Pasha Abul-Huda) (1894 – 1 July 1956) served several terms as Prime Minister of Jordan. First he served as Prime minister of Transjordan from September 28, 1938 to October 15, 1944, and he served another term from December 28, 1947 to April 12, 1950. Between July 25, 1951 and May 5, 1953 and from May 4, 1954 to May 30, 1955 he served as Prime Minister of Jordan. During his last term as Prime Minister, he tried to consolidate the power of King Hussein by holding parliamentary elections which many accused of being fraudulent. His terms are notable for the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, during which Transjordan conquered the West Bank, and the forced abdication of King Talal.
Tawfik Abu al-Huda was of Palestinian descent. He was married to the sister of the Ottoman banker in Amman.
Abul al-Huda formed 12 governments during his service as a prime minister which lasted beyond the entire era of World War II in the Middle East.
Tawfik Pasha was found dead, hanging in bathroom at his house in 1956 in an apparent suicide.
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