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Hussein Fakhri al-Khalidi

Personal Info

  • Country of residence: Palestine
  • Gender: Male
  • Born in: 1895
  • Age: 130
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Hussein Fakhri bin Raghib al-Khalidi ( 1895-1966 ) was a Jordanian politician of Palestinian origin . He served as Mayor of Jerusalem from 1934 to 1937, succeeding Raghib al-Nashashibi . He was a member of the Jordanian Senate in 1959.  He was also Prime Minister of Jordan for 9 days, from April 15, 1957 to April 24, 1957.

He was born in Jerusalem and grew up literary under the care of his father, Sheikh Ragheb Al-Khalidi . He graduated from the American University of Beirut as a doctor before the end of World War I and joined the Turkish army, where he worked as a doctor. After the Turks left the country, he joined the Faisal regime and was appointed to the Health Department in Aleppo .

He then returned to Jerusalem in 1920 , where he was appointed Deputy Director General of Health. Dr. Hussein Bey Al-Khalidi resigned from medicine in 1934 on the sixth of September  and was subsequently elected Mayor of Jerusalem in 1934. He was exiled to the Seychelles Islands with a group of nationalists in 1937  , where he spent some time. He then returned to his country and was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan in 1953 .

From his works

He has published several articles in Palestinian and Jordanian newspapers. His publications include:

My Memoirs (in 15 volumes).
In addition to two books in English that explain the dimensions of the Palestinian issue .

 

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