Ahmad Toukan
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Ahmad Tuqan | |
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Prime Minister of Jordan | |
In office 26 September 1970 – 28 October 1970 | |
Monarch | King Hussein |
Preceded by | Mohammad Daoud Al-Abbasi |
Succeeded by | Wasfi al-Tal |
Personal details | |
Born | Nablus, Beirut vilayet, Ottoman Empire | 15 August 1903
Died | 5 January 1981 Amman, Jordan | (aged 77)
Political party | Independent |
Ahmad Toukan (Ahmad Tuqan) (Arabic: أحمد طوقان; 15 August 1903 – 5 January 1981[1]) was a Jordanian political leader of Palestinian descent who was the 20th Prime Minister of Jordan from 26 September 1970 to 28 October 1970.
Overview
Tuqan was born in Nablus, British Mandate Palestine.[citation needed] He was the eldest brother of Ibrahim Touqan and Fadwa Touqan, both of whom were poets.[citation needed]
Education
- BSc Engineering Sciences, American University of Beirut, 1925.
- MSc Physics, University of Oxford, 1929.[citation needed]
Career
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Toukan occupied high-ranking positions:
- UNESCO Expert and UNRWA Deputy Head of Education (1954–1961)
- Education Expert at the International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (1962–1966)
- Minister (including Foreign Minister, Minister of State and Deputy Prime Minister during the years 1950–1970)
- Prime Minister in 1970
- Chief of the Royal Hashemite Court of Jordan in 1972
- Chairman of University of Jordan's Board of Trustees in 1972.[citation needed]
Toukan was prime minister in 1970 during a crackdown that drove the PLO guerillas out of Jordan.[2]
Death
He died in Jordan on 12 September 1981 at age 78 after a prolonged illness. The Ahmad Toukan School in Amman is named in his honor.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Ahmed Toukan, 78, Ex-Premier; Led Jordan During '70 Crackdown". The New York Times. 5 January 1981.
- ^ Hess, John L. (September 27, 1970). Hussein Forms a New Regime But Is Assailed by Commandos. The New York Times
- ^ Associated press (January 5, 1981). Ahmed Toukan, 78, Ex-Premier; Led Jordan During '70 Crackdown.
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