Anastas Hanania

Anastas Hanania (1903 – 1995) was a Palestinian-Jordanian lawyer, judge, official and diplomat.

Anastas Hanania
Minister of Justice and Transport
In office
6 May 1959 – 20 September 1959
Minister of
Personal details
Born1903[1]
Jerusalem
Died1995[2]

Hanania was educated at the Syrian Protestant College in Beirut (now the AUB) and the Law College in Jerusalem. He entered the world of Palestinian politics in the late 1930s and 1940s.

Career

After the 1948 Deir Yassin massacre, Hanania and his family left Palestine for Amman. During the 1950s, Hanania was one of the original signatories to the Constitution of Jordan of 1952, which remains the law of the land today.

Between 1960 and 1966, Hanania was Jordan's Ambassador to the United Kingdom and between 1968 and 1989, he was a Senator in Jordan's Upper House of Parliament.

Ministerial positions

Hanania held several cabinet positions in the Jordanian government including Minister of Finance,[3] Minister of Justice and Foreign Minister

× Term Start Term End Ministry Government
1 6 May 195920 September 1959Minister of Justice and TransportHazza' al-Majali
2 18 May 195810 July 1958Minister of Finance and EconomySamir al-Rifai
3 12 December 195718 May 1958Minister of FinanceIbrahim Hashem
4 13 July 195712 December 1957Minister of FinanceIbrahim Hashem
5 24 April 195713 July 1957Minister of Finance and EconomyIbrahim Hashem
6 1 April 195620 May 1956Minister of Transport, Construction and BuildingSamir al-Rifai
7 8 January 19561 April 1956Minister of Trade, Construction and BuildingSamir al-Rifai
8 21 December 19557 January 1956Minister of Trade, Construction and BuildingIbrahim Hashem
9 24 October 195428 May 1955Minister of FinanceTawfik Abu al-Huda
10 4 May 195421 October 1954Minister of TradeTawfik Abu al-Huda
11 5 May 19532 May 1954Minister of TradeFawzi al-Mulki
12 8 September 195127 September 1952Minister of Justice, Construction and BuildingTawfik Abu al-Huda
13 25 July 19517 September 1951Minister of Agriculture, Construction and BuildingTawfik Abu al-Huda
14 14 July 195125 July 1951Minister of Trade, Construction and BuildingSamir al-Rifai
15 18 April 195114 July 1951Minister of Foreign AffairsSamir al-Rifai
16 24 March 195118 April 1951Minister of Agriculture, Construction and BuildingSamir al-Rifai
17 4 December 195024 March 1951Minister of Construction and BuildingSamir al-Rifai
18 14 October 19504 Dec 1950Minister of Construction and BuildingSa`id al-Mufti
19 5 August 195011 October 1950Minister of Refugees, Construction and BuildingSa`id al-Mufti
20 12 April 19505 August 1950Minister of Telegram and PostSa`id al-Mufti

Personal life

Hanania's wife Claire Nashawati died in 2002. They had a son (heart surgeon Daoud Hanania) and four daughters (May, Lyne, Louly and Myr).

References
  1. Jordanian Senate: His Excellency Anastas Hanania
  2. "د. داوود حنانيا - عاشق الثلاثة: الجيش والقدس وجراحة القلب". صحيفة الرأي (in Arabic). 18 September 2016.
  3. "Financial Ministers". mof.gov.jo.


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