Bahdschat at-Talhuni
Bahdschat Abd al-Qadir at-Talhuni ( Arabic بهجت عبد القادر التلهوني, DMG Bahǧat ʿAbdu l-Qādir at-Talhūnī ; also Bahjat Abdul Khadr al-Talhouni ; * 1913 in Maʿan , Ottoman Empire ; † January 30, 1994 in Amman ) was a Jordanian politician and four-time Prime Minister of Jordan .
Life
Born in today's Jordan, at-Talhuni was appointed judge in Kerak in 1938 after studying law and worked there until 1952, when he was appointed president of the court of appeal .
Shortly afterwards he was appointed Minister of the Interior in 1953 and was a member of the cabinet until 1954. After that, the non-party became President of the Royal Court for the first time and as such was one of the closest advisers to King Hussein I until 1960 .
On August 29, 1960, after the assassination of Hazza 'al-Majali , he became Prime Minister of Jordan for the first time and held this office until he was replaced by Wasfi at-Tall on January 28, 1962. In 1961 he also took over the post of Foreign Minister for some time .
After he was again President of the Royal Court between 1963 and 1964, he became Prime Minister again on July 6, 1964 and held this office for almost seven months until February 14, 1965, when he was again replaced by at-Tall.
On October 7, 1967, he became Prime Minister for the third time and took over the office of Foreign Minister again between 1967 and 1968. He was replaced on March 24, 1969 by Abd al-Munʿim ar-Rifaʿi , his previous successor as Foreign Minister.
Only five months later, on August 13, 1970, he succeeded ar-Rifaʿi himself for the fourth time as Prime Minister, before Abd al-Munʿim ar-Rifaʿi succeeded him again as Prime Minister on June 27, 1970.
At-Talhuni, who himself was rather reserved, was regarded as a moderate Nasserist in the following years, despite his loyalty to the king , and was therefore appointed to important posts by King Hussein I when it came to improving relations with Egypt and when he was in control of the Cabinet wanted to secure. With regard to the guerrillas of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Jordan, the country's main political problem in the next few years, he took a multi-faceted position: While their loyalty to Jordanian society, he accepted them and sought an agreement with the PLO. On the other hand, he was dismissed as prime minister whenever unpopular measures were taken against the Palestinians.
In 1973 he was again head of the Royal Court and was then President of the Senate between 1974 and 1980 . During this time he was also the head of numerous pan-Arab parliamentary committees at international events and conferences. In addition, he was for many years chairman of the Jordanian- Soviet Friendship Society, today's Jordanian- Russian Friendship Society.
literature
- Bahjat al- Talhouni , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 09/1968 from February 19, 1968, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Talhuni, Bahdschat at- |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Talhouni, Bahjat Abdul Khadr al-; Talhuni, Bahdschat Abd al-Qadir at; Talhouni, Bahjat al- |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jordanian politician, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Jordan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maʿan , Ottoman Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1994 |
| Place of death | Amman |