Samir al-Rifai

For his grandson, see Samir Rifai.

Samir al-Rifai سمير الرفاعي

Prime Minister of Jordan
In office 27 March 1963 – 21 April 1963
Monarch	Hussein
Preceded by	Wasfi al-Tal
Succeeded by	Hussein ibn Nasser
Prime Minister of Jordan
In office 18 May 1958 – 6 May 1959
Monarch	Hussein
Preceded by	Ibrahim Hashem
Succeeded by	Hazza' al-Majali
Prime Minister of Jordan
In office 8 January 1956 – 22 May 1956
Monarch	Hussein
Preceded by	Ibrahim Hashem
Succeeded by	Sa`id al-Mufti
Prime Minister of Jordan
In office 4 December 1950 – 25 July 1951
Monarch	Abdullah I
Preceded by	Sa`id al-Mufti
Succeeded by	Tawfik Abu al-Huda
Prime Minister of Jordan
In office 4 February 1947 – 28 December 1947
Monarch	Abdullah I
Preceded by	Ibrahim Hashem
Succeeded by	Tawfik Abu al-Huda
Personal details
Born	30 January 1901 Safed, Palestine
Died	12 October 1965 (aged 64) Amman, Jordan
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	American University of Beirut
Religion	Sunni Muslim

Samir al-Rifai (Arabic: سمير الرفاعي‎‎, 30 January 1901 – 12 October 1965) was a six-time Prime Minister of Jordan. He was born in Safed.

Al-Rifai served under Kings Abdullah I, Talal and Hussein:

Prime Minister of the Emirate of Transjordan from 15 October 1944 to 19 May 1945
Prime Minister of the Emirate of Transjordan from 19 May 1945 to 25 May 1946
Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 4 December 1950 to 25 July 1951
Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 8 January 1956 to 22 May 1956
Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 18 May 1958 to 6 May 1959
Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 27 March 1963 to 21 April 1963

He was the father of Prime Minister Zaid al-Rifai and the grandfather of Prime Minister Samir Rifai.

He died in Amman, aged 64.

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Political offices
Preceded by Ibrahim Hashem	Prime Minister of Jordan 1947	Succeeded by Tawfik Abu al-Huda
Preceded by Sa`id al-Mufti	Prime Minister of Jordan 1950-1951	Succeeded by Tawfik Abu al-Huda
Preceded by Ibrahim Hashem	Prime Minister of Jordan 1956	Succeeded by Sa`id al-Mufti
Preceded by Ibrahim Hashem	Prime Minister of Jordan 1958-1959	Succeeded by Hazza' al-Majali
Preceded by Wasfi al-Tal	Prime Minister of Jordan 1963	Succeeded by Hussein ibn Nasser

Prime Ministers of Jordan

Emirate of Transjordan (1921-1946)	Tali'a Raslan Al-Rikabi Raslan H. Al-Huda Al-Rikabi H. Al-Huda Sarraj Hashem T. Al-Huda S. Al-Rifai Hashem

Kingdom of Jordan (1946-)	Hashem S. Al-Rifai T. Al-Huda Al-Mufti S. Al-Rifai T. Al-Huda F. Al-Mulki T. Al-Huda Al-Mufti H. Al-Majali Hashem S. Al-Rifai Al-Mufti Hashem Al-Nabulsi Al-Nimr Al-Khalidi Hashem Al-Rifai H. Al-Majali Talhouni al-Tal S. Al-Rifai ibn Nasser Talhouni Al-Tal ibn Nasser Jumaa Talhouni A. Al-Rifai Talhouni A. Al-Rifai Daoud Toukan Al-Tal Lozi Z. Al-Rifai M. Badran Sharaf al-Rimawi M. Badran Obeidat Z. Al-Rifai ibn Shaker M. Badran Al-Masri ibn Shaker Al-Majali ibn Shaker Al-Kabariti A. Al-Majali Al-Tarawneh Al-Rawabdeh Al-Ragheb Al-Fayez A. Badran Al-Bakhit Al-Dahabi Rifai Al-Bakhit Al-Khasawneh Al-Tarawneh Ensour H. Al-Mulki

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