Sa`id al-Mufti

Sa ʿ id Pasha al - Mufti ( Adyghe: Сайд Хьэбжьокъуэ ) (* 1898 in Amman, † 25 March 1989) was a Jordanian politician and three times Prime Minister of Jordan.

Life

Al- Mufti, who began his professional career in 1924 at the Municipality of Amman, was a staunch nationalist who in 1928 rebelled against the Constitutional Convention with the United Kingdom, as this UK admitted in his opinion, too much influence in the affairs of Transjordan. In fact, the United Kingdom was responsible for the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine.

After 1929, he made ​​several ministerial posts in the government of Transjordan, and later of Jorandien and was, among other 1944 first Communications Minister and then Minister of the Interior from 1944 to 1945. Once he was interior minister again from 1948 to 1950, he was after the annexation of the West Bank in Palestine War on April 12, 1950 for the first time Prime Minister and was during his last until December 4, 1950 term opponent of the negotiations of King Abdallah ibn Husain I. with Israel. He was also generally respected as a member of the non-Arab minority of Circassians by the Palestinians.

Between 1951 and 1953 he was again Minister of the Interior and in this role of fundamental importance during the interregnum after the abdication of King Talal on 11 August 1952, the beginning of the age of majority by his son, Hussein I. on 14 November 1953.

On 30 May 1955, the non-party al - Mufti was again Prime Minister and also took over the post of Foreign Minister. However, he resigned as Prime Minister on 15 December back again in 1955 because of his rejection of the Baghdad Pact, a supported by the United States plan to establish a belt of anti-communist countries, from Turkey to Pakistan.

King Hussein I called him on May 22, 1956 Finally, for the third time as Prime Minister in order to achieve public support for its policy objectives. However, Al- Mufti came after around five weeks on July 1, 1956 back. A new contract for the formation of another government in 1957 finally hit completely out.

Between February and August 1958, he was President of the Parliament of the short-lived Arab Federation between Iraq and Jordan. Al- Mufti, who was also a few times Vice - Prime Minister, resigned in 1963 from the Cabinet from. However, he remained after several years President of the Senate.

One of his sons, Azmi al - Mufti, was murdered in 1984 while working as a diplomat in Romania.