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Hussein ibn Nasser
Hussein ibn Nasser
Sharif
was a
Jordanian
Prime Minister
and
Ambassador
.
Career
From
1929
to 1935 he was
attached
to the Royal Cabinet in
Baghdad
.
From 1935 to 1937 he was
Attaché
at the Iraqi
Legation
to
Turkey
.
From
1938
to 1942 he was
Assistant Head
of
Royal Protocol
in Baghdad.
From
1944
to 1946 he was Assistant
Head
of Royal Protocol in Baghdad.
From 1946 to 1948 he was Iraqi
Consul-General
in
Jerusalem
and
Chargé d'affaires
in
Amman
,
From
1949
to 1950 he was Jordanian
Minister Plenipotentiary
to Turkey.
From 1950 to 1951 he was
Minister
at the Legations to France and Spain.
From to he was
ambassador
in
Madrid
.
In 1961 he became Chief of the Royal Cabinet.
In
April 1963
Hussein of Jordan
used his constitutional prerogatives, dissolved the Parliament, ordered his uncle
Sharif Hussein
ibn Nasser to form a
government
and curb
Freedom of assembly
of supporters of
Gamal Abdel Nasser
with Police, army and Bedouin contingents.
From to he was
Prime Minister of Jordan
.
From to he
occupied
again the position of Prime Minister of Jordan.
In 1969 he was
appointed
member of the
Senate
.
Honour
Foreign
honour
: Honorary Grand Commander of the
Order of the Defender of the Realm
