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Hussein ibn Nasser Sharif SMN GCVO
حسين بن ناصر


16th Prime Minister of Jordan
In office April 21, 1963 – July 6, 1964
Monarch	Hussien
Preceded by	Samir al-Rifai
Succeeded by	Bahjat Talhouni
In office March 4, 1967 – April 23, 1967
Monarch	Hussien
Preceded by	Wasfi al-Tal
Succeeded by	Saad Jumaa
Ambassador of Jordan to Turkey
In office 1949–1950
Succeeded by	1971 and 1972: Hazem Nuseibeh 2002: Marouf al-Bakhit 2012: Amjad Adaileh
Ambassador of Jordan to Spain
In office 1953–1960
Preceded by	Issa Basil Bandak
Succeeded by	Iklil Sati

Personal details
Born	(1902-11-30)November 30, 1902 Ta'if, Ottoman Hejaz
Died	May 1, 1982(1982-05-01) (aged 79)^[1]
Spouse(s)	in 1943 married H.R.H. Princess Makbula, third daughter of Abdullah I of Jordan
Children	Ferihan Debbas^{[citation needed]}
Parent	Sharif Nasser bin Ali Pasha 1863 brother of Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca (father)
Relatives	Hussein of Jordan, nephew.
Education	studies in Hejaz schools

Hussein ibn Nasser Sharif GCVO (30 November 1902 – 1 May 1982) was a Jordanian politician and statesman who served as the 16th Prime Minister of Jordan 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 Baghdad.
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 Consul-General in Jerusalem and Chargé d'affaires in Amman, (Jordan)
From 1949 to 1950 he was Jordanian Minister Plenipotentiary to Turkey.
From 1950 to 1951 he was Minister at the Legations to France and Spain.
From 1953 to 1961 he was ambassador in Madrid.
In 1961 he became Chief of the Royal Cabinet.
In April 1963 Hussein of Jordan used his constitutional prerogatives, dissolved the Parliament, ordered his uncle Sharif Hussein ibn Nasser to form a government and curb Freedom of assembly of supporters of Gamal Abdel Nasser with Police, army and Bedouin contingents.^[2]
From April 21, 1963 to July 6, 1964 he was Prime Minister of Jordan.
From March 4, 1967 to October 7, 1967 he occupied again the position of Prime Minister of Jordan.
In 1969 he was appointed member of the Senate.^[3]

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Honour

Foreign honour

Malaysia : Honorary Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (S.M.N.) (1965)^[5]

References

^ "Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan". Archived from the original on 2019-10-26. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
^ Etudes, Volumes 316–317, 1963, p. 349
^ Kamal Shair, Peter Bartram, Out of the Middle East: The Emergence of an Arab Global Business, p. 137
^ Sayed Mohamed Mahdi al Tajir, The International Who's who of the Arab World, 1978, p.121 [1]
^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat". Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2018-08-24.

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