Saad Jumaa

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Monarch King Hussein Alma mater Damascus University Residence Amman Education Damascus University		Preceded by Hussein ibn Nasser Role Politician Monarch King Hussein Name Saad Jumaa Succeeded by Bahjat Talhouni

Preceded by Saad Jumaa (first term) Full Name Saad Mohammad Juma Died 1979, London, United Kingdom
Political party Independent politician

Saad Mohammad Jumaa (Arabic: سعد جمعه‎‎; 1916–1979) was a Jordanian politician and a former Prime Minister of Jordan.

Biography

Saad Jumaa' was born in Tafilah, Jordan in 1916 and was of Kurdish origin. Jumaa was a writer and thinker. He completed his secondary education in Salt and then studied law at Damascus University and graduated in 1947.

Jumma died in 1979 in London, United Kingdom.

Career

Director General of Press and Publications 1948-1949

Head of the Political Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1949-1950

Secretary to the Prime Minister 1950-1954

Vice-Minister of Interior

Mayor of Amman 1954-1958

Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs 1958-1959

Ambassador to Iran then Syria 1959-1962

Ambassdor to the United States of America 1962-1965

The Chief of the Royal Hashemite Court 1965

Prime Minister and Defence Minister 1967

Member of the Senates 1967-1969

Ambassador at Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1969

Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1969-1970

Foreign honour

Malaysia : Honorary Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (1965)

Publications

مجتمع الكراهية (Society of hatred), Arab Publisher House, Arabic, 1971

الله أو الدمار (Allah or destruction), Arabic

المؤامرة ومعركة المصير (The conspiracy and battle of fate), Arab Publisher House, Arabic, 1968.

أبناء الأفاعي (The sons of snakes), Arabic

References

Saad Jumaa Wikipedia

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