Ibrahim Hashem

Ibrahim Hashem ( Arabic إبراهيم هاشم, DMG Ibrāhīm Hāšim ; * 1888 in Nablus ; † June 12, 1958 in Baghdad ) was a Palestinian-Jordanian politician. He was Prime Minister of Jordan six times (October 18, 1933 to September 28, 1938, May 19, 1945 to May 25, 1946, May 25, 1946 to February 4, 1947, December 21, 1955 to January 8, 1956, May 1, 1946, May 25, 1946 to February 4, 1947). July 1956 to October 29, 1956 and April 24, 1957 to May 18, 1958).

Life

Hashem graduated from Istanbul University . In 1915 he joined the army and later became a member of the Arab government in Damascus . He taught law at Damascus University . In 1920 he moved to Transjordan .

In 1933 he became Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and Chairman of the Supreme Court for the first time. After the Jordanian parliamentary elections in October 1956, he was replaced by Sulaimān an-Nābulusī , but was again head of government in April 1957 after the overthrow of an-Nābulusī.

In 1958 he took an active part in the union of Jordan with Iraq to form the Arab Federation and traveled to Baghdad with Defense Minister Suleiman Tukan and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Chlusi al Chairi. They were attacked by revolutionaries near Baghdad airport and Hashem and Tukan were killed.

Individual evidence

^ Preston, Paul; Michael Partridge; Bülent Gokay; Malcolm Yapp; Great Britain Foreign Office (2005). British Documents on Foreign Affairs - Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print. ISBN 9780886927202
↑ Staff report (July 23, 1958). Jordan tells slaying of two envoys in Iraq. Chicago Tribune
↑ Staff report (July 17, 1958). Cairo Reports Arrests. New York Times
↑ Lentz, Harris M. (1994). Heads of States and Governments: A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Over 2,300 Leaders, 1945 Through 1992. McFarland, ISBN 9780899509266

personal data
SURNAME	Hashem, Ibrahim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Jordanian Prime Minister
DATE OF BIRTH	1888
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nablus
DATE OF DEATH	June 12, 1958
Place of death	Baghdad

[preston-1] Preston, Paul; Michael Partridge; Bülent Gokay; Malcolm Yapp; Great Britain Foreign Office (2005). British Documents on Foreign Affairs - Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print. ISBN 9780886927202

[tribdeath-2] Staff report (July 23, 1958). Jordan tells slaying of two envoys in Iraq. Chicago Tribune

[nytdeath-3] Staff report (July 17, 1958). Cairo Reports Arrests. New York Times

[lentz-4] Lentz, Harris M. (1994). Heads of States and Governments: A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Over 2,300 Leaders, 1945 Through 1992. McFarland, ISBN 9780899509266