Hussein ibn Nasser ( Arabic: حسين بن ناصر ; November 30, 1902 - May 1, 1982 ) - Hashemite prince, Prime Minister of Jordan from April 21, 1963 to July 6, 1964 and from March 4 to April 23 1967 year .
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| Arab. حسين بن ناصر | ||||||||||||
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| Predecessor | Samir Ar-Rifai (Senior) | |||||||||||
| Successor | Bahjat at Talghuni | |||||||||||
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| Predecessor | Wasfi al-Tal | |||||||||||
| Successor | Saad Jumaa | |||||||||||
| Birth | November 30, 1902 Taif | |||||||||||
| Death | May 1, 1982 (aged 79) Amman | |||||||||||
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The son of Nasser ibn Ali al-Hashimi (1863-1925) - the younger brother of the future king Hijaz Hussein ibn Ali .
After graduating from a law college in Istanbul, he entered the Iraqi public service. Personal secretary of his cousin King Faisal I (1929-1935), Iraqi attache in Ankara (1935-1938), assistant to the chief of protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1938-1942), Consul General in Jerusalem (1946-1948).
In 1948 he switched to Jordanian service. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Turkey (1949–1950), Plenipotentiary Minister in Paris (1950–1951), Ambassador to Spain (1953–1961), Minister of the Royal Court (1963–1964), Prime Minister (1963–1964 and 1967) , Senator of the Kingdom of Jordan (1963-1964, 1969-1974).
Received from his cousin King Abdullah the personal title of Prince ( Amir ) with the title Highness .
In 1943, he married his first cousin, Princess Mukbala (1921-2001), the third daughter of King Abdullah. In 1947, the son of Zayd was born.
Rewards
He was awarded many awards from different countries. Among others:
- Grand Cross of the British Royal Victorian Order (07.19.1966),
- The big star (special class) of the Jordanian Renaissance ,
- Grand Ribbon of the Order of Independence (Jordan),
- Great Ribbon of the Order of the Star of Jordan ,
- Grand Cross of the Spanish Order of Isabella the Catholic (12.12.1961),
- Grand Cross of the Spanish Order of Civil Merit (3.6.1955),
- Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (Portugal),
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for the Italian Republic (08/31/1963),
- Grand Cross of the Order of George I (Greece),
- Large Ribbon of the Lebanese Order of Cedar ,
- Iraqi Order of the Interfluve of the 1st class.