Salah al-Din Attallah Suheimat ( ar, صلاح الدين عطالله السحيمات) MP (1914 – 30 November 1966) was a Member of the

Parliament of Jordan The Parliament of Jordan ( ar, مجلس الأمة ') is the bicameral Jordanian national assembly. Established by the 1952 Constitution, the legislature consists of two houses: the Senate ( ar, مجلس الأعيان ''Majlis Al-Aayan'') ...

on the banner of the city

Al Karak Al-Karak ( ar, الكرك), is a city in Jordan known for its medieval castle, the Kerak Castle. The castle is one of the three largest castles in the region, the other two being in Syria. Al-Karak is the capital city of the Karak Governorate. ...

. Born in 1914, the son of Sheikh Attallah Suheimat, a national leader, who was a member of the first Legislative Council of the

Emirate of Transjordan The Emirate of Transjordan ( ar, إمارة شرق الأردن, Imārat Sharq al-Urdun, Emirate of East Jordan), officially known as the Amirate of Trans-Jordan, was a British protectorate established on 11 April 1921,

and held several political positions in the

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and later Transjordan and the grandson of

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Suheimat who was a national leader and a member of the first municipal council of the city of Karak during the reign of the Ottoman Empire in the 1890s. MP Salah Suheimat received his primary and preparatory education at the primary school in Karak and then completed his secondary education at the secondary school of Salt (''

As-Salt As-Salt ( ar, السلط ''As-Salt''), also known as Salt, is an ancient trading city and administrative centre in west-central Jordan. It is on the old main highway leading from Amman to Jerusalem. Situated in the Balqa highland, about 790–1 ...

''), and later obtained a Diploma in Agriculture in

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

, Lebanon. Salah Suheimat was the first Secretary General of the Jordanian parliament in 1946.

Career highlights

* Director of Publications. * Military governor of Balqa, administrative and acting governor for a number of areas in The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. * The Head of the Jordanian delegation to restore and normalise diplomatic relations with

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

on 5/11/1960. * Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Jordanian House of Representatives. * Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior. * Secretary General of the Jordanian parliament ( 1946–48, 1951–53, 1961–62). * Member of the Jordanian parliament (8 July 1963 – 30 November 1966).フリーランスで働けるWEBデザイナー案件 www.parobserver.org
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Awards

Suheimat received The Grand Cordon of the

Order of the Star of Jordan The Order of the Star of Jordan (Wisam al-Kawkab al-Urduni) or The Order of Hussein ibn Ali (Wisam al-Hussein ibn Ali) is an award and military decoration of the sovereign state of Jordan and is awarded for military or civil merit. It was founde ...

and The Grand Cordon of the

Order of Independence Order of Independence or Independence Order ( vi, Huân chương Độc lập) is a Vietnamese decoration. Criteria The Vietnamese government states that the decoration "shall be conferred or posthumously conferred on individuals who have re ...

, in addition he received a number of decorations from Arab and European states.

Family

Salah Suheimat is the brother of General Muhammad Suheimat and Izzeddin Suheimat.

Death

Salah Suheimat died in

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 ...

on 30 November 1966 and was buried in the cemetery of the Prophet Noah in the city of Al Karak.

References

Members of the House of Representatives (Jordan) 1914 births 1966 deaths Grand Cordons of the Order of Independence (Jordan) {{Jordan-politician-stub

Career highlights

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Family

Death

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