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Hashim Abdullah al-Jayyusi (1901 -
June 25, 1981) was a Palestinian politician and human rights activist, born in
the Palestinian city of Tulkarm. He was the mayor of Tulkarm, and a senior
minister who participated in the Jordanian governments in many ministerial
positions. He also held the position of deputy speaker of the Jordanian Senate.
He is called the “Minister Crossing Governments.”
His upbringing and education
Hashem Abdullah al-Jayousi was born
in the Palestinian city of Tulkarm in 1901. He received his education in the schools
of his city, Tulkarm, and finished secondary school at the Islamic College in
Beirut, then joined the American University there, where he studied law for two
years.
Beginning with political life
After Hashem al-Jayousi finished his
university studies, he returned to his hometown of Tulkarem, where he worked as
a lawyer, and later held several positions in the city, including president of
the Tulkarem court, president of the municipality of Tulkarem, deputy head of
the local education committee, and a member of the city’s executive committee.
his posts
his practical and political life
Member of the Palestinian Arab
Congress.
President of Tulkarm Court, from
1938 to 1948.
Mayor of Tulkarm, from 1939 to 1948.
Member of the Executive Committee of
Tulkarm, from 1948 to 1951.
Head of the Jordanian delegation to
the United Nations, during the fourteenth session of the General Assembly, in
1959.
Member of the Palestinian National
Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization, where he was elected in the
first session of the Council on May 28, 1964.
Jordanian Parliament
Member of the Third Jordanian
Parliament, from September 1, 1951 to June 22, 1954.
Member of the Fourth Jordanian
Parliament, from October 17, 1954 to June 26, 1956.
Member of the Eighth Jordanian
Parliament, from July 8, 1963 to December 23, 1966.
Jordanian Senate
Member of the Fifth Jordanian
Senate, from May 24, 1958 to November 1, 1959.
Member of the Sixth Jordanian
Senate, from November 1, 1959 to October 31, 1963.
Member of the Seventh Jordanian
Senate, from November 1, 1963 to October 31, 1967.
Member of the Eighth Jordanian
Senate, from November 1, 1967 to November 1, 1971.
Member of the Twelfth Jordanian
Senate, from January 20, 1979 until his death on June 25, 1981.
Vice President of the Jordanian
Senate.
Jordanian National Assembly
Member of the Jordanian National
Assembly, from September 1, 1951 to June 22, 1954.
Member of the Jordanian National
Assembly, from October 17, 1954 to June 26, 1956.
Member of the Jordanian National
Assembly, from July 8, 1963 to December 23, 1966.
Member of the Jordanian National
Assembly, from May 24, 1958 to November 1, 1959.
Member of the Jordanian National
Assembly, from November 1, 1959 to October 31, 1963.
Member of the Jordanian National
Assembly, from November 1, 1963 to October 31, 1967.
Member of the Jordanian National
Assembly, from November 1, 1967 to November 1, 1971.
Member of the Jordanian National
Assembly, from January 20, 1979 until his death on June 25, 1981.
his ministerial portfolios
Jordanian Minister of
Communications, from October 14, 1950 to December 4, 1950, in the second
government of Saeed Mufti.
Jordanian Minister of Construction
and Development, and Jordanian Minister of Agriculture, from April 18, 1951 to
July 25, 1951, in the third government of Samir al-Rifai.
Jordanian Minister of
Communications, from July 25, 1951 to September 7, 1951, in the eighth
government of Tawfiq Abu Al-Huda.
Jordanian Minister of
Communications, from September 8, 1951 to September 27, 1952, in the ninth
government of Tawfiq Abu Al-Huda.
Jordanian Minister of the Interior,
from May 4, 1954 to October 21, 1954, in the eleventh government of Tawfiq Abu
al-Huda.
Jordanian Minister of Trade, from
October 24, 1954 to May 28, 1955, in the twelfth government of Tawfiq Abu
Al-Huda.
The Jordanian Minister of
Agriculture, the Jordanian Minister of Communications, Telegraph and Post, and
the Jordanian Minister of Civil Aviation, from December 21, 1955 to January 7,
1956, in the third government of Ibrahim Hashim.
Jordanian Minister of Finance, from
January 8, 1956 to May 20, 1956, in the fourth government of Samir Al-Rifai.
Jordanian Minister of
Communications, from July 13, 1957 to May 18, 1958, in Ibrahim Hashem's fifth
government.
Jordanian Minister of Finance, from
May 6, 1959 to August 28, 1960, in the second government of Hazza al-Majali.
Jordanian Minister of Finance, from
August 29, 1960 to June 28, 1961, in the first government of Bahjat
al-Talhouni.
Jordanian Minister of Finance, from
June 28, 1961 to January 27, 1962, in the second government of Bahjat
al-Talhouni.
Jordanian Minister of Finance, from
July 6, 1964 to February 14, 1965, in the third government of Bahjat
al-Talhouni.
Jordanian Minister of Finance, from
October 7, 1967 to March 24, 1969, in the fourth government of Bahjat
al-Talhouni.
Acting Jordanian Prime Minister.
Achievements and Awards
decorations
Hashem al-Jayousi was decorated with
a number of decorations, including:
Jordanian Independence Medal of the
First Class.
The Jordanian Kawkab Medal of the
First Class.
The Jordanian Renaissance Medal of
the first degree.
In addition to several decorations
from Arab and foreign countries.
His death and immortality
Hashem al-Jayousi died in the
Jordanian capital, Amman, on Thursday morning, corresponding to June 25, 1981.
A group of Palestinian and Jordanian personalities mourned his death, including
the Jordanian Prime Minister at the time, Mudar Badran, the former Jordanian Prime
Minister Bahjat Al-Talhouni, and the Mayor of Tulkarm Hilmi Hanoun, as we
mourned him. Palestinian politician Abd al-Hamid al-Sayeh said: "The
deceased met the face of his Lord without his wish to return to Palestine being
fulfilled, and without his eyes seeing his birthplace liberated from his
usurpers and the banners of pride raised over his quarter."
In memory of Hashem al-Jayousi, his
name was given to a street in the Jordanian capital, Amman.
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