Tawfik Abu al-Huda

Tawfik Abu al-Huda
File:Hussein, with Prime Minister Tawfiq Abul Huda - Throne ceremony.jpg
Prime Minister of Jordan
In office 4 May 1954 – 30 May 1955
Monarch	King Hussein
Preceded by	Fawzi al-Mulki
Succeeded by	Sa`id al-Mufti
Prime Minister of Jordan
In office 25 July 1951 – 5 May 1953
Monarch	King Talal
Preceded by	Samir al-Rifai
Succeeded by	Fawzi al-Mulki
Prime Minister of Jordan
In office 28 December 1947 – 12 April 1950
Monarch	Abdullah I
Preceded by	Samir al-Rifai
Succeeded by	Sa`id al-Mufti
Personal details
Born	1895 Akka, Palestine
Died	1956 Amman
Political party	Independent
Religion	Sunni Islam

Tawfik Abu al-Huda (Arabic: توفيق ابو الهدى‎‎) (also known as Tawfik Pasha Abul-Huda) (1894 – 1 July 1956) served several terms as Prime Minister of Jordan. First he served as Prime minister of Transjordan from September 28, 1938 to October 15, 1944, and he served another term from December 28, 1947 to April 12, 1950. Between July 25, 1951 and May 5, 1953 and from May 4, 1954 to May 30, 1955 he served as Prime Minister of Jordan. During his last term as Prime Minister, he tried to consolidate the power of King Hussein by holding parliamentary elections which many accused of being fraudulent. His terms are notable for the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, during which Transjordan conquered the West Bank, and the forced abdication of King Talal.

Tawfik Abu al-Huda was of Palestinian descent. He was married to the sister of the Ottoman banker in Amman.

Career

• Army officer - 1915
• Employee in Damascus - 1920
• Head of Procurement in Transjordan
• Director of Land Registration Directorate
• Formed his first government - 28 September 1938
• Prime Minister during World War II
• Formed his last government - 24 October 1954

In office

Abul al-Huda formed 12 governments during his service as a prime minister which lasted beyond the entire era of World War II in the Middle East.

×	Formation	Resignation	Monarch
1	28 September 1938	6 August 1939	King Abdullah I
2	6 August 1939	24 September 1940	King Abdullah I
3	25 September 1940	27 July 1941	King Abdullah I
4	29 July 1941	18 May 1943	King Abdullah I
5	19 May 1943	14 October 1944	King Abdullah I
6	18 December 1947	3 May 1949	King Abdullah I
7	7 May 1949	12 April 1950	King Abdullah I
8	25 July 1951	7 September 1951	King Talal
9	8 September 1951	27 September 1952	King Talal
10	30 September 1952	5 May 1953	King Hussein
11	4 May 1954	21 October 1954	King Hussein
12	24 October 1954	28 May 1955	King Hussein

Death

Tawfik Pasha was found dead, hanging in bathroom at his house in 1956 in an apparent suicide.

See also

• List of Prime Ministers of Jordan

External links

• Prime Ministry of Jordan website

Political offices
Preceded by Samir al-Rifai	Prime Minister of Jordan 1947–1950	Succeeded by Sa`id al-Mufti
Preceded by Samir al-Rifai	Prime Minister of Jordan 1951–1953	Succeeded by Fawzi al-Mulki
Preceded by Fawzi al-Mulki	Prime Minister of Jordan 1954–1955	Succeeded by Sa`id al-Mufti