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Naim Abdul-Hadi was born in Nablus in 1912. He received his primary and preparatory education there and graduated from An-Najah National College after passing the high school exam. He then went to the American University of Beirut to complete his studies, graduating in 1934 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering.
After graduating, he worked in the Public Works Department during the British Mandate, continuing in this position for three years. In early 1938, he moved to the administration as a district governor (administrative governor) and remained in this position until the end of the Mandate in 1948. During this period, he moved between the cities of Jerusalem, Ramallah, Tulkarm, Hebron, and Ramla. After the end of the Mandate and the establishment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, he served as governor of the Hebron district and later the Ajloun (Irbid) district. He remained governor until he resigned in 1951 because of his refusal to participate in rigging the parliamentary elections that were taking place at that time.
After resigning from his post as governor of Ajloun, Na'im Abdul-Hadi ran for municipal office in Nablus and won, serving as mayor for five years (1951-1955). During his tenure, he implemented numerous important reforms and vital projects in public services such as roads, water networks, and electricity, addressing the long years of neglect Nablus had suffered under the British Mandate.
He was subsequently appointed Minister of Public Works in Said al-Mufti's government. This period coincided with Jordan's efforts to ratify the Baghdad Pact, which Na'im Abdul-Hadi opposed, leading to his resignation from the government.
In 1956, he ran for parliamentary elections and won, becoming a member of the Jordanian House of Representatives. That same year, he joined the government formed by Suleiman al-Nabulsi, assuming the Ministry of National Economy. He remained in this position until mid-1957 when the government resigned. After the formation of the new government headed by Ibrahim Hashim and the declaration of martial law, Abdul Hadi was arrested along with a number of other nationalists. However, the government soon released him, placing him under house arrest for three months. Shortly afterward, he was arrested a second time and spent a month in Ma'an prison with a number of leaders from Nablus, including Walid al-Shak'a, Haj Nayef al-Masri, Nash'at al-Masri, Faiq al-Anabtawi, Dr. Walid al-Qamhawi, and others. They were all released, and Na'im Abdul Hadi left the country in 1958.
He went to Syria and resided there, but his stay in Damascus was short-lived, as he moved to Egypt in 1961. Despite a pardon issued in 1965 allowing him to return to Jordan, he remained in Egypt, frequently visiting Nablus and Amman to see family and friends. In 1981 he left Cairo for Amman to settle there permanently until he passed away on the seventh day of May 1996.
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