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Abdelmunim Rifai
**** (23 February**** 1917**** – 17**** October 1985****)**** was a Jordanian diplomat**** and political figure**** of**** Palestinian descent,**** who served**** two non-consecutive terms as**** the 18th**** Prime Minister**** of**** Jordan**** in**** 1969**** and 1970****.****
Life
was born in Safad, Sanjak of Acre. He was the younger brother of Samīr Rifāʿī and the uncle of Zayd Rifāʿī. He was Jordan's first Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in 1956. Rifai was additionally one of Jordan's most prominent poets and penned the lyrics of the Jordanian national and royal anthem.
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