Tawfik Abu Al-Huda

Tawfik Abu al-Huda (Arabic: توفيق ابو الهدى) (also known as Tawfik Pasha Abul-Huda) (1894 – 1 July 1956) served several terms as the 7th Prime Minister of Jordan. First he served as Prime minister of Transjordan from September 28, 1938, to October 15, 1944, and he served another term from December 28, 1947, to April 12, 1950. Between July 25, 1951, and May 5, 1953, and from May 4, 1954, to May 30, 1955, he served as Prime Minister of Jordan. During his last term as Prime Minister, he tried to consolidate the power of King Hussein by holding parliamentary elections which many accused of being fraudulent. His terms are notable for the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, during which Transjordan conquered the West Bank, and the forced abdication of King Talal.

Tawfik Abu al-Huda
7th Prime Minister of Jordan
In office
4 May 1954 – 30 May 1955
MonarchHussein
Preceded byFawzi al-Mulki
Succeeded bySa`id al-Mufti
In office
25 July 1951 – 5 May 1953
MonarchsTalal
Hussein
Preceded bySamir al-Rifai
Succeeded byFawzi al-Mulki
In office
28 December 1947 – 12 April 1950
MonarchAbdullah I
Preceded bySamir al-Rifai
Succeeded bySa`id al-Mufti
Personal details
Born1895
Akka, Ottoman Palestine
Died1 July 1956
Amman, Jordan
Political partyIndependent

He served as the President of the Senate of Jordan from 1947 to 1951.[1]

Tawfik Abu al-Huda was of Palestinian descent. He was married to the sister of the Ottoman banker in Amman.

In office

Abul al-Huda formed 12 governments during his service as a prime minister which lasted beyond the entire era of World War II in the Middle East.

× Formation Resignation Monarch
1 28 September 19386 August 1939King Abdullah I
2 6 August 193924 September 1940King Abdullah I
3 25 September 194027 July 1941King Abdullah I
4 29 July 194118 May 1943King Abdullah I
5 19 May 194314 October 1944King Abdullah I
6 18 December 19473 May 1949King Abdullah I
7 7 May 194912 April 1950King Abdullah I
8 25 July 19517 September 1951King Talal
9 8 September 195127 September 1952King Talal
10 30 September 19525 May 1953King Hussein
11 4 May 195421 October 1954King Hussein
12 24 October 195428 May 1955King Hussein

Death

Tawfik Pasha was found dead, hanging in bathroom at his house in 1956 in an apparent suicide after bouts of an illness.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Previous Councils - The Senate of Jordan". Senate of Jordan. 12 January 2019.
  2. "rulers.org". Retrieved 21 April 2009.


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