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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Qasim Al-Rimawi (1918-1982), former
Jordanian Prime Minister. He was born in Beit Rima. He completed his
elementary, middle and high school studies at Rashidieh College and the Arab
College in Jerusalem. He was an editor of the Jerusalem Unity newspaper
1945-1947. He initiated the formation of the Holy Jihad forces with the martyr
Abdul Qadir al-Husseini, and was appointed its general secretary. He was
appointed commander of the Jerusalem and Ramallah region at the command center
of the Holy Jihad, succeeding the martyr Al-Husseini. He participated in the
Battle of Ras al-Ain, the Great Battle of Bab al-Wadi, the Battle of Qalandia,
the Prophet Jacob and al-Qastal. He went to Damascus and Cairo when the
Jordanian army took control of the Birzeit region and was prevented from
returning to Jordan. Then he was appointed Secretary General of the
All-Palestine Government in 1949.
He obtained a BA in Sociology from
the American University in Cairo in 1952, and became the official spokesperson
for the All-Palestine Government at the United Nations. He obtained a degree
(Professor of Science) from Columbia University in New York in 1954, then a
Ph.D. from the same university in 1956, and won the Willard Street
International Prize. He published a series of articles in (Al-Bayan) newspaper,
and founded the Union of Islamic Associations in America and Canada.
He returned to Jordan and was
appointed general manager of the Jordanian Phosphate Mines Company until 1960.
He was elected as a member of the Jordanian parliament in Ramallah until 1967
and held the position of minister several times, the last of which was in 1970.
He was chosen as a member of the first executive committee of the Palestine
Liberation Organization and was the general manager of the Arab department. .
He headed the first Jordanian parliamentary delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary
Union in 1964 and the PLO delegation in the same year, and several times as a
member of the Jordanian parliamentary delegation. He participated in several
conferences around the world to explain the Palestinian cause, gave lectures,
and held seminars, the latest of which was the European Parliaments Union
conference held in Bonn in 1971. King Hussein commissioned him to form the
Jordanian government on the third of July 1980, and his government included 21
ministers, and he submitted his resignation On the twenty-eighth of August of
the same year.
Qualifications
He holds a PhD in Economics and
Education from Columbia University in New York in 1956
Master's degree from the same
university in 1954 (he was a professor at this university in 1953 for administrative
sciences and social affairs)
Bachelor's degree in Sociology from
the American University in Cairo in 1952
Intermediate Certificate in Law from
the University of London
ministries he held
He was appointed minister for the
first time on January 28, 1962
1/28/1962-10/13/1962 Minister of
Agriculture, Construction and Development
2/12/1962-27/3/1963 Minister of
Agriculture
7/31/1965-12/23/1966 Minister of
Interior and Municipal and Rural Affairs
12/22/1966-4/3/1967 Minister of
Interior for Municipal and Rural Affairs
6/27/1970-9/15/1970 Minister of
Interior for Municipal and Rural Affairs and Minister of Agriculture
19/12/1979-3/7/1980 Minister of
Agriculture
3/7/1980-28/8/1980 Prime Minister
and Minister of Defense
Ministry of Dr. Qasim Rimawi
Following the death of Abd al-Hamid
Sharaf, King Hussein bin Talal entrusted Dr. Qassim al-Rimawi with forming a
new ministry, and on July 3, 1980 he composed it as follows:
Prime Minister and Minister of
Defense: Dr. Qasim Al-Rimawi
1- Minister of Justice: Najib
Irsheidat 2- Minister of Labor, Construction and Development: Omar Al-Nabulsi
3- Minister of Finance: Salem Mosaada 4- Minister of Public Works: Maan Abu
Nowar 5- Minister of Education: Muhammad Nuri Shafiq 6- Minister of Communications:
Muhammad Adoub Al-Zaben 7 Minister of State: Hassan Ibrahim 8- Minister of
Awqaf: Kamel al-Sharif 9- Minister of Foreign Affairs: Marwan al-Qasim 10-
Minister of Agriculture and Minister of State for Prime Ministerial Affairs:
Suleiman Arar 11- Minister of State for Prime Ministerial Affairs and Minister
of Transport: Ali Al-Suhaimat 12- Minister of Information: Saeed Al-Tal 13-
Minister of Interior: Ali Al-Bashir 14- Minister of Health: Zuhair Malhas 15-
Minister of Municipal Affairs: Jamal Al-Shaer 16- Minister of Tourism and
Antiquities: Mowaffaq Al-Fawaz 17- Minister of Culture and Youth: Taher Hikmat
18- Minister of Social Development: Anam Al-Mufti 19- Minister For Catering:
Jawad Al-Anani 20- Minister of Industry and Trade: Ali Al-Nsour
Achievements and Awards
decorations
Dr. Al-Rimawi won the International
Science Award from Columbia University
He also won the Jordanian Kawkab
Medal of the first degree
marital status
He is married and has two children,
Dr. Hatem Al-Rimawi and Dr. Hussein Al-Rimawi
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