Tawfik Abu Al-Huda

Tawfik Abu al-Huda
7th Prime Minister of Jordan
In office
4 May 1954 – 30 May 1955
MonarchHussein
Preceded byFawzi al-Mulki
Succeeded bySa`id al-Mufti
In office
25 July 1951 – 5 May 1953
MonarchsTalal
Hussein
Preceded bySamir al-Rifai
Succeeded byFawzi al-Mulki
In office
28 December 1947 – 12 April 1950
MonarchAbdullah I
Preceded bySamir al-Rifai
Succeeded bySa`id al-Mufti
Personal details
Born1895
Akka, Ottoman Palestine
Died1 July 1956
Amman, Jordan
Political partyIndependent

Tawfik Abu al-Huda (Arabic: توفيق ابو الهدى) (also known as Tawfik Pasha Abul-Huda) (1895 – 1 July 1956) served several terms as the 7th prime minister of Jordan. First he served as prime minister of Transjordan from September 28, 1938, to October 15, 1944, and he served another term from December 28, 1947, to April 12, 1950. Between July 25, 1951, and May 5, 1953, and from May 4, 1954, to May 30, 1955, he served as Prime Minister of Jordan. During his last term as prime minister, he tried to consolidate the power of King Hussein by holding parliamentary elections which many accused of being fraudulent. His terms are notable for the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, during which Transjordan conquered the West Bank, and the forced abdication of King Talal.

He was Minister of Justice from 1938 to 1940.[1] He served as the president of the Senate of Jordan from 1947 to 1951.[2]

Tawfik Abu al-Huda was of Palestinian descent. He was married to the sister of the Ottoman banker in Amman.

In office

Abul al-Huda formed 12 governments during his service as a prime minister which lasted beyond the entire era of World War II in the Middle East.

× Formation Resignation Monarch
1 28 September 1938 6 August 1939 King Abdullah I
2 6 August 1939 24 September 1940 King Abdullah I
3 25 September 1940 27 July 1941 King Abdullah I
4 29 July 1941 18 May 1943 King Abdullah I
5 19 May 1943 14 October 1944 King Abdullah I
6 18 December 1947 3 May 1949 King Abdullah I
7 7 May 1949 12 April 1950 King Abdullah I
8 25 July 1951 7 September 1951 King Talal
9 8 September 1951 27 September 1952 King Talal
10 30 September 1952 5 May 1953 King Hussein
11 4 May 1954 21 October 1954 King Hussein
12 24 October 1954 28 May 1955 King Hussein

Death

Tawfik Pasha was found dead, hanging in bathroom at his house in 1956 in an apparent suicide; he was said to have been suffering with cancer.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "الوزراء - وزارة العدل الاردنية". www.moj.gov.jo. Ministry of Justice of Jordan. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  2. ^ "Previous Councils - The Senate of Jordan". Senate of Jordan. 12 January 2019.
  3. ^ "rulers.org". Retrieved 21 April 2009.
  4. ^ Bidwell, R. L. (1998:8). Dictionary of modern Arab history: an A to Z of over 2000 entries from 1798 to the present day. United Kingdom: Kegan Paul International.
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Jordan
1947–1950 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Jordan
1951–1953 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Jordan
1954–1955 		Succeeded by


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