Bahjat Talhouni

Bahdschat Abd al -Qadir at- Talhuni (Arabic بهجت عبد القادر التلهوني, DMG Bahǧat ʿ Abdu l - Qādir at- Talhūnī, also Bahjat Abdul Khadr al - Talhouni; * 1913 in Ma'an, Ottoman Empire, † January 30, 1994 in Amman ) was a Jordanian politician and four times Prime Minister of Jordan.

Life

Born in present-day Jordan at- Talhuni was appointed judge in Kerak after studying law in 1938 and worked there until 1952 when he was appointed President of the Court of Appeal.

Shortly thereafter, he was appointed to the cabinet as Minister of the Interior in 1953 and belonged to this until 1954. Thereafter, the non-party was first President of the Royal Court and as such was until 1960 one of the closest advisor of King Hussein I..

On August 29, 1960, he was following the assassination of Hazza al - Majali first Prime Minister of Jordan and held this post until his replacement by Wasfi at- Tall on January 28, 1962. 1961 he took over for some time the office of Foreign Minister.

Once again he was president of the Royal Court 1963-1964, he was on 6 July 1964, there was again Prime Minister and held that office nearly seven months to 14 February 1965 and was then replaced again by al -Tall.

On October 7, 1967, he was the third time prime minister and took over 1967-1968 and again the post of foreign minister. He was succeeded on March 24, 1969 by Abd al - Mun ʿ in ar - Rifa ʿ i, its previous successor as foreign minister.

Just five months later, he was on 13 August 1970 as the successor of ar - Rifa ʿ i even for the fourth time Prime Minister before him Abd al - Mun ʿ again followed in ar - Rifa ʿ i on 27 June 1970 as Prime Minister.

The even more restrained at- Talhuni was considered in the following years, despite his loyalty to the king as a moderate Nasserist and precisely because of King Hussein I. appointed to important posts, when it came to improving relations with Egypt and when he control the the wanted to secure cabinet. Regarding the guerrillas of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Jordan, the main political problem of the country in the next few years, he took a multi-faceted position: while their loyalty to the Jordanian society he accepted this and sought the extent an agreement with the PLO. On the other hand, he was each time dismissed as Prime Minister when unpopular measures against the Palestinians were to be taken.

In 1973 he was again chief of the Royal Court and was then 1974-1980 President of the Senate. During this time he also served as director of numerous pan-Arab parliamentary committee on international events and conferences. In addition, he was also for many years chairman of the Jordanian -Soviet Friendship Society, today's Jordanian - Russian Friendship Society.