Hazza' Majali

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Hazza' Majali
Sa`id al-Mufti
Succeeded byIbrahim Hashem
Minister of Agriculture
In office
1950–1951
Minister of Justice
In office
1951 – 1954, 1955
Minister of Interior
In office
1953 – 1954, 1955
Personal details
Born1917
Habis al-Majali
(cousin)

Hazza' Barakat al-Majali (1917 – 29 August 1960) (

Arabic: هزاع بركات المجالي) was a Jordanian politician that served as the two-time 11th Prime Minister of Jordan. His first term lasted one week in 1955, his second term lasted from mid-1959 until his assassination
.

Education

Majali was born in Madaba, Jordan in 1917.[1] He was the son of a sheikh of the Majali tribe.[1] He attended an elementary school in Ma'een, then transferred to Al-Raba School in Al-Karak, followed by Al-Karak School, and finally to Al-Salt school for his secondary education. Hazza' later studied law in Damascus.[1]

Jordanian government positions

Abdelmunim al-Rifai
(right) at the U.N committee

After high school, Majali worked for the Department of Land and Survey followed by the

Wasfi al-Tal to be his assistant during this term. Majali was assassinated at his office on 29 August 1960.[4]

Assassination

Smoke rising out of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry building after the explosion that killed Prime Minister Hazza' Majali on 29 August 1960. The Syrian government was suspected for being responsible.
Convicts in Majali's assassination hanged, 31 December 1960.

At around 10:30 am on 29 August 1960, a bomb exploded in Majali's office,[5] killing him and 11 other people including senior officials in the government. The assassins targeted al-Majali in his regular weekly meetings that he regularly held on Mondays to listen to the complaints of Jordanian citizens and propose possible solutions to their grievances. A number of those who had come to meet him also perished in the explosion. A number of convicts allegedly involved in Majali's assassination were hanged on 31 December 1960.

Personal life

Majali married

The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, served in the Jordanian military and became head of the Royal Guard under King Hussein in the 1990s, Jordan's Ambassador in Bahrain until 2010[7] the chief of the Jordanian Public Security Department. And the minister of Interior Affairs in the government of Abdullah Al Nsour. [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Yitzhak Oron, Ed. Middle East Record Volume 1, 1960. The Moshe Dayan Center. pp. 324. GGKEY:3KXGTYPACX2. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Palestine: Information with Provenance". Cosmos. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  3. ^ Business Optimization Consultants B.O.C. "Jordan Government". King Hussein. Retrieved 4 February 2012. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  4. ISBN 978-1-85743-132-2
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  5. ^ "Jordan: Death in Amman". Time. 12 September 1960. Archived from the original on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  6. ^ "King names Rawabdeh to head new government". The Jordan Times. 6 March 1999. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012 – via Jordan Embassy.
  7. ^ Embassies and Consulates in Bahrain Archived 20 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Political offices
Preceded by
Sa`id al-Mufti
 Prime Minister of Jordan
1955 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Samir al-Rifai
 Prime Minister of Jordan
1959–1960 		Succeeded by
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