Source: National Archives & Historic Records of Jordan
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Hazza al-Majali 🇯🇴

هزاع المجالي (Known as "Al-Majali")
Two-Time Prime Minister of Jordan, Mayor of Amman, Statesman
Born 1917 🇯🇴 Al-Karak, Jordan
Passed Away 29 August 1960 Amman, Jordan
Lifespan 43 years old
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"My door is always open to any citizen; if martyrdom is the price of serving my king and my nation, I welcome it with an open heart."

Archival Overview

Two-time Prime Minister of Jordan from Al-Karak who governed with charismatic reformism until his assassination in August 1960.

Biographical Record

Hazza Barakat al-Majali was born into the prominent Majali tribe of Al-Karak and earned a law degree from the University of Damascus in 1946. Serving as chief of royal protocol, Mayor of Amman, and Minister of Economy, he was appointed Prime Minister of Jordan in 1955 at the age of thirty-eight.

Majali formed his second government as Prime Minister in May 1959, embarking on an ambitious domestic modernization program that established the Central Bank of Jordan, advanced agricultural cooperatives, and stabilized the kingdom amidst fierce regional geopolitical turbulence. On August 29, 1960, he was killed alongside eleven staff members when an assassin's bomb detonated inside his desk drawer.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Al-Karak Majali Mausoleum
Al-Karak, Jordan
GPS: 31.1800, 35.7000
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