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|image=Zaid Al-Rifai portrait.jpg
 
|interests=King Hussein of Jordan
 
|nationality=Jordanian
 
|birth_date=27 November 1936
 
|birth_place=Amman, Jordan
 
|death_date=
 
|death_place=
 
|description=Former Prime Minister of [[Jordan]]. Attended Le Cercle
 
|parents=Sameer al-Rifai
 
|children=Samir Rifai
 
|alma_mater=Victoria College (Alexandria), Columbia University,Harvard University
 
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'''Zaid al-Rifai''' is a former Prime Minister of [[Jordan]].
 
 
 
==Biography==
 
From 1964 he worked at the Royal Hashemite Court, where he held the positions of Chief of the Royal Protocol, General Secretary of the Royal Court, General Secretary of [[King Hussein of Jordan|the King]] and President of the Royal Court.
 
 
 
Having formed the government in [[1973]] he was simultaneously the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Defense (until [[1976]]).
 
 
 
He was [[Prime Minister of Jordan]] and formed four different governments, the last of which was Jordan's longest lasting government in the history of the kingdom. It lasted for a term of 5 years and 23 days from (4 April 1984 to 27 April 1989), where he again at the same time was the Minister of Defense. He lost his post as a result of mass civil unrest caused by rising prices for essential goods, corruption and the suppression of civil liberties.
 
 
 
His father, [[Sameer al-Rifai]], father-in-law, [[Bahjat Talhouni]] and his son, [[Samir Rifai]] all served as Jordanian prime minister.
 
 
 
Zaid al-Rifai was the [[List of Presidents of the Senate of Jordan|President]] of the [[Senate of Jordan]] from June 1997 to December 2009.<ref>http://senate.jo/en/content/previous-council</ref> On 12 December 2009, he resigned from office.<ref>http://www.petra.gov.jo/Artical.aspx?Lng=1&Section=8&Artical=154644</ref>
 
 
 
 
 
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