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Awni Abd al-Hadi, son of Haj Abd al-Hadi Abd al-Hadi, was born in Nablus. He studied in Beirut, where his father worked in the judiciary. He completed his studies in Nablus. He attended the Marjan Secondary School in Istanbul and then enrolled in the Imperial School of Istanbul University, a specialized institution for preparing outstanding individuals for government positions, admitting only forty students annually. He went to Paris and graduated from the Faculty of Law in 1914 with honors for top students.
He was a key founder of the Young Arab Society. He became the private secretary to Prince Faisal bin Hussein and later Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Arab government he declared in Damascus in 1920. He met Prince Abdullah bin Hussein in Ma'an and became the first Chief of the Royal Court in Amman. He opened a law office in Jerusalem and played a significant role in saving several citizens from the gallows.
He participated in all the conferences, committees, and delegations that were formed and was one of the most prominent founders and leaders of the Independence Party. He represented the Arabs before the Shaw Commission, established by the British Parliament to investigate the Buraq Uprising of 1929. British forces prevented him from returning home while he was in London, forcing him to move to Cairo, where he remained until 1948. He returned to Palestine after the 1948 defeat, only to leave for Iraq, where he lived for four years.
He served as Jordan's ambassador to Cairo from 1951 to 1955. In 1956, he became Minister of State in Said al-Mufti's government, and later Minister of Foreign Affairs in Ibrahim Hashem's government. He then retired from political life. In 1964, he was elected Chairman of the Permanent Legal Committee of the League of Arab States. He published his memoirs under the title "Fifty Years in the Midst of Arab Politics." He also translated the book "The Historical Destinies of Turkey" from Turkish into French. Awni Abdul-Hadi was an exceptional Arab politician because he continued reading until his death.
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