Samir al-Rifai | |
Office1: | 8th Prime Minister of Jordan |
Monarch1: | Hussein |
Term Start1: | 27 March 1963 |
Term End1: | 21 April 1963 |
Predecessor1: | Wasfi al-Tal |
Successor1: | Hussein ibn Nasser |
Monarch2: | Hussein |
Term Start2: | 18 May 1958 |
Term End2: | 6 May 1959 |
Predecessor2: | Ibrahim Hashem |
Successor2: | Hazza' al-Majali |
Monarch3: | Hussein |
Term Start3: | 8 January 1956 |
Term End3: | 22 May 1956 |
Predecessor3: | Ibrahim Hashem |
Successor3: | Sa`id al-Mufti |
Monarch4: | Talal Abdullah I |
Term Start4: | 4 December 1950 |
Term End4: | 25 July 1951 |
Predecessor4: | Sa`id al-Mufti |
Successor4: | Tawfik Abu al-Huda |
Monarch5: | Abdullah I |
Term Start5: | 4 February 1947 |
Term End5: | 28 December 1947 |
Predecessor5: | Ibrahim Hashem |
Successor5: | Tawfik Abu al-Huda |
Birth Date: | 30 January 1901 |
Birth Place: | Safed, Beirut Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
Death Date: | 12 October 1965 (aged 64) |
Death Place: | Amman, Jordan |
Party: | Independent |
Alma Mater: | American University of Beirut |
Office6: | Minister of Finance |
Term Start6: | 1943 |
Term End6: | 1944 |
Primeminister6: | Tawfik Abu Al-Huda |
Predecessor6: | Shukri Shashaa |
Successor6: | Moussallam Al-Attar |
Samir al-Rifai (ar|سمير الرفاعي; 30 January 1901 - 12 October 1965) was a Palestinian politician in Jordan. He served several terms as the 8th Prime Minister of Jordan. He was born in Safed, Palestine.
Al-Rifai served under Kings Abdullah I, Talal and Hussein:
He was the father of Prime Minister Zaid al-Rifai and the grandfather of Prime Minister Samir Rifai.
He died in Amman, aged 64.