Tawfik Abu Al-Huda


Tawfik Abu al-Huda 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.
He served as the President of the Senate of Jordan from 1947 to 1951.
Tawfik Abu al-Huda was of Palestinian descent. He was married to the sister of the Ottoman banker in Amman.

Career

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.
×FormationResignationMonarch
128 September 19386 August 1939King Abdullah I
26 August 193924 September 1940King Abdullah I
325 September 194027 July 1941King Abdullah I
429 July 194118 May 1943King Abdullah I
519 May 194314 October 1944King Abdullah I
618 December 19473 May 1949King Abdullah I
77 May 194912 April 1950King Abdullah I
825 July 19517 September 1951King Talal
98 September 195127 September 1952King Talal
1030 September 19525 May 1953King Hussein
114 May 195421 October 1954King Hussein
1224 October 195428 May 1955King Hussein

Death

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