Hussein ibn Nasser

Hussein ibn Nasser
Hussein ibn Nasser; Sharif GCVO
	حسين بن ناصر
Ambassador; of Jordan ; to Turkey
	In office; 1949–1950
Succeeded by	1971 and 1972: Hazem Nuseibeh; 2002: Marouf al-Bakhit; 2012: Amjad Adaileh
Ambassador; of Jordan ; to Spain
	In office; 1953–1960
Preceded by	Issa Basil Bandak
Succeeded by	Iklil Sati
16th Prime Minister; of Jordan
	In office; April 21, 1963 – July 6, 1964.
Preceded by	Samir al-Rifai
Succeeded by	Bahjat Talhouni
	In office; March 4, 1967 – October 7, 1967.
Preceded by	Wasfi al-Tal
Succeeded by	Saad Jumaa
Personal details
Born	November 30, 1902; Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
Died	May 1, 1982 (aged 79)[1]
Spouse(s)	in 1943 married H.R.H. Princess Makbula, third daughter of Abdullah I of Jordan
Children	Ferihan Debbas
Father	Sharif Nasser bin Ali Pasha 1863 brother of Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca
Relatives	Hussein of Jordan, nephew.
Education	studies in Hejaz schools

Hussein ibn Nasser Sharif GCVO (30 November 1902 – 1 May 1982) was a Jordanian Prime Minister and Ambassador.

Career

From 1929 to 1935 he was attached to the Royal Cabinet in Baghdad.
From 1935 to 1937 he was Attaché at the Iraqi Legation to Turkey.
From 1938 to 1942 he was Assistant Head of Royal Protocol in Baghdad.
From 1944 to 1946 he was Assistant Head of Royal Protocol in Baghdad.
From 1946 to 1948 he was Iraqi Consul-General in Jerusalem and Chargé d'affaires in Amman, (Jordan)
From 1949 to 1950 he was Jordanian Minister Plenipotentiary to Turkey.
From 1950 to 1951 he was Minister at the Legations to France and Spain.
From 1953 to 1961 he was ambassador in Madrid.
In 1961 he became Chief of the Royal Cabinet.
In April 1963 Hussein of Jordan used his constitutional prerogatives, dissolved the Parliament, ordered his uncle Sharif Hussein ibn Nasser to form a government and curb Freedom of assembly of supporters of Gamal Abdel Nasser with Police, army and Bedouin contingents.[2]
From April 21, 1963 to July 6, 1964 he was Prime Minister of Jordan.
From March 4, 1967 to October 7, 1967 he occupied again the position of Prime Minister of Jordan.
In 1969 he was appointed member of the Senate.[3]

Malaysia : Honorary Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (S.M.N.) (1965)[5]

Etudes, Volumes 316–317, 1963, p. 349
Kamal Shair, Peter Bartram, Out of the Middle East: The Emergence of an Arab Global Business, p. 137
Sayed Mohamed Mahdi al Tajir, The International Who's who of the Arab World, 1978, p.121
"Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".

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