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His ExcellencyTaher al-MasriGBE
طاهر المصري
Masri in 1960
Prime Minister of Jordan
In office 19 June 1991 – 21 November 1991
Monarch	King Hussein
Preceded by	Zaid al-Rifai
Succeeded by	Abdelraouf al-Rawabdeh
Jordanian Ambassador to France
In office November 16, 1978 – September 21, 1988
Preceded by	Khalid El-Salem
Succeeded by	Awad Al-Khalidi
Personal details
Born	Taher Nashat al-Masri March 5, 1942 Nablus, Mandatory Palestine
Alma mater	University of North Texas

Taher Nashat al-Masri (Arabic: طاهر المصري; born March 5, 1942) is a Jordanian politician who served as the 28th Prime Minister of Jordan from 19 June 1991 to 21 November 1991. He opposed the invasion of Iraq but reportedly wanted the Americans to stay in Iraq and keep it "out of the hands of the fundamentalists".

He was the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jordan from 1993 to 1995.

He served on the Council on Foreign Relations since 2002 and is the league's commissioner for civil society. While Prime Minister, he pressed for changes to the election law.

He served as the President of the Senate of Jordan from 17 December 2009 to 24 October 2013.

Honors

• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2020)
• Order of the British Empire (1988) - Honorary

See also

• List of prime ministers of Jordan

References

1. Joel Brinkley, Jordanian King Names Palestinian Prime Minister, The New York Times, June 19, 1991
2. Biodata Archived 2010-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Jordanian House of Representatives - Political Figures and Major Events of the Councils of Representatives". April 7, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-04-07.
4. "Previous Councils - The Senate of Jordan". Senate of Jordan. 12 January 2019.

External links

• Prime Ministry of Jordan website

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Kingdom of Jordan (1946–)	Hashem S. Al-Rifai T. Al-Huda Mufti S. Al-Rifai T. Al-Huda F. Mulki T. Al-Huda Mufti H. Majali Hashem S. Al-Rifai Mufti Hashem Nabulsi Khalidi Hashem Al-Rifai H. Majali Talhouni Tal S. Al-Rifai ibn Nasser Talhouni Tal ibn Nasser Jumaa Talhouni A. Rifai Talhouni A. Rifai Al-Abbasi Toukan Tal Lawzi Z. Rifai M. Badran Sharaf Rimawi M. Badran Obeidat Z. Rifai ibn Shaker M. Badran Masri ibn Shaker Majali ibn Shaker Kabariti A. Majali Tarawneh Rawabdeh Abu Al-Ragheb Fayez A. Badran Bakhit Dahabi Rifai Bakhit A. Khasawneh Tarawneh Esour H. Mulki Razzaz Khasawneh Hassan
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