Hazza' Majali | |
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 Hazza' Majali | |
| 11thPrime Minister of Jordan | |
| In office 6 May 1959 – 29 August 1960 | |
| Monarch | Hussein |
| Preceded by | Samir al-Rifai |
| Succeeded by | Bahjat Talhouni |
| In office 15 December 1955 – 21 December 1955 | |
| Monarch | Hussein |
| Preceded by | Sa`id al-Mufti |
| Succeeded by | Ibrahim Hashem |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 1950–1951 | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 1951, 1954 – 1955 | |
| Minister of Interior | |
| In office 1953 – 1954, 1955 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1917 Madaba,Ottoman Empire (present-dayJordan) |
| Died | 29 August 1960 (aged 42–43) |
| Spouse | Samiha Rfifan al-Majali |
| Children | 5, includingAyman, Taghrid andHussein |
| Relatives | Habis al-Majali (cousin) |
Hazza' Barakat al-Majali (1917 – 29 August 1960) (Arabic:هزاع بركات المجالي) was a Jordanian politician who served as the two-time 11thPrime Minister of Jordan. His first term lasted one week in 1955, his second term lasted from mid-1959 until hisassassination.
Majali was born inMadaba,Jordan in 1917.[1] He was the son of a sheikh ofthe Majali tribe.[1] He attended an elementary school in Ma'een, then transferred to Al-Raba School inAl-Karak, followed by Al-Karak School, and finally to Al-Salt school for his secondary education. Hazza' later studied law inDamascus.[1]
After high school, Majali worked for the Department of Land and Survey followed by theMadaba Court. After that, he studied law inDamascus and returned to Jordan to work for the "Royal Protocol". He was appointed byKing Abdullah I as Chairman of theGreater Amman Municipality, then served as the Minister of Agriculture (1950–1951) and as theMinister of Justice (1951 and 1954–1955)[2] under Prime MinisterSameer al-Rifai. He won two Parliamentary elections to represent Al-Karak in theJordanian Parliament, once in 1951 and again in 1954. He was also appointed as the Minister of Interior (1953–1954 and 1955). Hazza' first served as Prime Minister on 15 December 1955 when King Hussein tried to join theBaghdad Pact, but quickly resigned on 20 December 1955 following popular protests making his first government the shortest lasting government in Jordan's history.[3] He was re-appointed as Prime Minister on 6 May 1959.[4] He pickedWasfi al-Tal to be his assistant during this term. Majali was assassinated at his office on 29 August 1960.[5]
Majali married Samiha Rfifan al-Majali, the sister ofHabis al-Majali. Together they had 5 children (3 boys and 2 girls). His eldest son, Amjad Hazza' al-Majali, served as the Jordanian Ambassador inBahrain andGreece, and eventually became Minister of Labor during the government ofAli Abu al-Ragheb. His second eldest son,Ayman Hazza' al-Majali, served as Chief of Royal Protocol forKing Hussein in the 1990s until the King's death in 1999, and then served as Deputy Prime Minister during the government ofAbdelraouf al-Rawabdeh.[6] His eldest daughter,Taghrid Hazza' Majali, marriedPrince Muhammad bin Talal, brother of King Hussein, in 1981.[citation needed] His second eldest daughter Zein Hazza' Majali is a businesswoman. His youngest son,Hussein Hazza' al-Majali, who graduated fromThe Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, served in the Jordanian military and became head of the Royal Guard under King Hussein in the 1990s, Jordan's Ambassador in Bahrain until 2010[7] the chief of the Jordanian Public Security Department. And the minister of Interior Affairs in the government of Abdullah Al Nsour.[1]
At around 10:30 am on 29 August 1960, a bomb exploded in Majali's office,[8] killing him and 12 other people including senior officials in the government.
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