Abdul-Monem Rifai
18th 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 Safad, Ottoman Palestine
Died	17 October 1985(1985-10-17) (aged 68) Amman, Jordan
Political party	Independent
Relations	Zaid Rifai (nephew)

Abdul-Monem Rifai (ʻAbd al-Munʻim Rifāʻī) (23 February 1917 – 17 October 1985) was a Jordanian diplomat and political figure of Palestinian descent, who served two non-consecutive terms as the 18th Prime Minister of Jordan in 1969 and 1970.^[1]

Life

Abdelmunim Al-Rifai was born in Safad, Sanjak of Acre, the younger brother of Samir Al-Rifai.^[1] Rifai was Jordan's first Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the United Nations Headquarters in New York in 1956.^{[citation needed]} Rifai was additionally one of Jordan's most prominent poets and penned the lyrics of the Jordanian National Anthem.^{[citation needed]}