Ahmad Toukan

Ahmad Tuqan
Official portrait from 1960
Prime Minister of Jordan
In office 26 September 1970 – 28 October 1970
Monarch	King Hussein
Preceded by	Mohammad Daoud Al-Abbasi
Succeeded by	Wasfi al-Tal
Personal details
Born	(1903-08-15)15 August 1903 Nablus, Beirut vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	5 January 1981(1981-01-05) (aged 77) Amman, Jordan
Political party	Independent

Ahmad Toukan^[a] (Arabic: أحمد طوقان, romanized: Aḥmad Ṭūqān;‎ 15 August 1903 – 5 January 1981^[1]) was a Jordanian political leader of Palestinian descent. He was briefly the 20th Prime Minister of Jordan from 26 September 1970 to 28 October 1970, during a crackdown that drove the PLO guerillas out of Jordan.^[2]

Life

Tuqan was born in Nablus, then part of the Ottoman Empire.^[3] He was the eldest brother of Ibrahim Touqan and Fadwa Touqan, both of whom were poets.^{[citation needed]}

He was on the staff of the Arab College in Palestine during the British Mandatory period.^[3]

He died in Jordan on 5 January 1981, aged 77, after a prolonged illness.^[1] The Ahmad Toukan School in Amman is named in his honor.

Education and career

• BSc Engineering Sciences, American University of Beirut, 1925.
• MSc Physics, University of Oxford, 1929.^{[citation needed]}

Toukan occupied the following high-ranking positions:

• UNESCO Expert and UNRWA Deputy Head of Education (1954–1961)
• Education Expert at the International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (1962–1966)
• Minister (including Foreign Minister, Minister of State and Deputy Prime Minister during the years 1950–1970)
• Prime Minister in 1970
• Chief of the Royal Hashemite Court of Jordan in 1972
• Chairman of University of Jordan's Board of Trustees in 1972.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of prime ministers of Jordan

Notes

1. Also romanized as Ahmad Tuqan.

References

1. "Ahmed Toukan, 78, Ex-Premier; Led Jordan During '70 Crackdown". The New York Times. 5 January 1981.
2. Hess, John L. (27 September 1970). "Hussein Forms a New Regime But Is Assailed by Commandos". The New York Times..
3. Khalidi, Walid. Before Their Diaspora : A Photographic History of the Palestinians, 1876-1948. Washington, D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, 1991, 172.

External links

• Jordan Prime Ministry website

Political offices
Preceded by Mohammad Daoud Al-Abbasi	Prime Minister of Jordan 1970	Succeeded by Wasfi al-Tal