Hussein ibn Nasser

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(30 November 1902 – 1 May 1982) was a Jordanian politician and statesman who served as the 16th

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from 1963 to 1964, and again in 1967. He previously served ambassador to Spain and Turkey.

Career

*From 1929 to 1935 he was attached to the Royal Cabinet in

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. *From 1935 to 1937 he was Attaché at the Iraqi Legation to Turkey. *From 1938 to 1942 he was Assistant Head of Royal Protocol in Baghdad. *From 1944 to 1946 he was Assistant Head of Royal Protocol in Baghdad. *From 1946 to 1948 he was Iraqi

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Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

and

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Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...

, (Jordan) *From 1949 to 1950 he was Jordanian

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Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. *From 1950 to 1951 he was Minister at the Legations to France and Spain. *From to he was ambassador in

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. *In 1961 he became Chief of the Royal Cabinet. *In April 1963

Hussein of Jordan Hussein bin Talal ( ar, الحسين بن طلال, ''Al-Ḥusayn ibn Ṭalāl''; 14 November 1935 – 7 February 1999) was King of Jordan from 11 August 1952 until his death in 1999. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of ...

used his constitutional prerogatives, dissolved the Parliament, ordered his uncle Sharif Hussein ibn Nasser to form a government and curb

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of supporters of

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with Police, army and Bedouin contingents. *From to he was

. *From to he occupied again the position of Prime Minister of Jordan. *In 1969 he was appointed member of the Senate.

Honour

Foreign honour

* : Honorary Grand Commander of the

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(S.M.N.) (1965)

References

1902 births 1982 deaths Ambassadors of Jordan to Turkey Ambassadors of Jordan to Spain Prime Ministers of Jordan Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Members of the Senate of Jordan {{jordan-stub