Saʿid al-Mufti
Saʿid Pasha al-Mufti ( Arabic سعيد المفتي, DMG Saʿīd al-Muftī ; adygean Сайд Хьэбжьокъуэ; * 1898 in Amman ; † March 25, 1989 ) was a Jordanian politician and three-time Prime Minister of Jordan .
Life
Al-Mufti, who began his professional career with the Amman local government in 1924, was a staunch nationalist who opposed the constitutional agreement with the United Kingdom in 1928, which he believed gave Britain too much influence in the affairs of Transjordan . Indeed, the United Kingdom was responsible for the League of Nations mandate for Palestine .
After 1929 he held several ministerial posts in the governments of Transjordan and later of Jorandien and was among other things first communications minister in 1944 and then interior minister from 1944 to 1945 . After he was again Minister of the Interior from 1948 to 1950, he became Prime Minister for the first time after the annexation of the West Bank in the Palestine War on April 12, 1950, and during his term of office, which lasted until December 4, 1950, was an opponent of the negotiations between King Abdallah ibn Husain I and Israel . As a member of the non- Arab minority of the Circassians , he was fundamentally respected by the Palestinians .
Between 1951 and 1953 he was again Minister of the Interior and in this role of fundamental importance during the interregnum after the abdication of King Talal on 11 August 1952, the start of the coming of age of his son Hussein I. November 14, 1953rd
On May 30, 1955, al-Mufti , who was not party to the party, was again prime minister and also assumed the office of foreign minister . However, he resigned as Prime Minister as early as December 15, 1955 because of his rejection of the Baghdad Pact , a plan supported by the United States to establish a belt of anti-communist states from Turkey to Pakistan .
King Hussein I finally appointed him Prime Minister for the third time on May 22, 1956, in order to gain public support for his political goals. Al-Mufti, however, resigned on July 1, 1956 after around five weeks. Another commission to form another government in 1957 ultimately failed completely.
Between February and August 1958 he was President of the Parliament of the short-lived Arab Federation between Iraq and Jordan. Al-Mufti, who was also Vice Prime Minister a few times, left the cabinet in 1963. However, he remained President of the Senate for a few years .
One of his sons, Azmi al-Mufti, was murdered in 1984 while working as a diplomat in Romania .
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| SURNAME | Mufti, Saʿid al- |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mufti, Saʿid Pasha al- (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jordanian politician, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Jordan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amman |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1989 |