Tawfiq Abu al-Huda

توفيق أبو الهدى

1894 CE · 1311 AH† – 1 July 1956 CE · 1375 AH †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Acre → Amman

Jordanian statesman of Palestinian origin (1894–1956), born at Acre, who formed twelve governments and served four terms as prime minister of Transjordan and then Jordan between 1938 and 1955, under Kings Abdullah I, Talal and Hussein. His governments spanned the Second World War, Jordanian independence and the 1948 war; he was president of the Senate from 1947 to 1951.