Ahmad Toukan (; 15 August 1903 – 5 January 1981) was a former Prime Minister of Jordan, died in early 1981 at the age of 78 after a prolonged illness, according to a spokesman cited by The New York Times. He served as Prime Minister in 1970, during a period of military operations that led to the expulsion of the PLO guerrilla's Palestinian fighters from Jordan..
Life Tuqan was born in Nablus, then part of the Ottoman Empire.Khalidi, Walid. Before Their Diaspora : A Photographic History of the Palestinians, 1876-1948. Washington, D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, 1991, 172. He was the eldest brother of Ibrahim Touqan and Fadwa Touqan, both of whom were poets.
He was on the staff of the Arab College in Palestine during the British Mandatory period.
He died in Jordan on 5 January 1981, aged 77, after a prolonged illness. 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.
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.
See also List of prime ministers of Jordan Politics of Jordan Black September King Hussein of Jordan University of Jordan
References
External links Jordan Prime Ministry website