Sharaf, Abd al-Hamid, -1980

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
שרף, עבד אלחמיד, נפטר 1980
Name (Latin)
Sharaf, Abd al-Hamid, -1980
Name (Arabic)
شرف، عبد الحميد، 1939-1980
Other forms of name
Sharaf, Abd al-Hamid, d. 1980
Sharaf, Abdul Hamid, -1980
Date of birth
1939-07-08
Date of death
1980-07-03
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 50587587
Wikidata: Q4054452
Library of congress: n 82232958
TAU10: 000201881
Sources of Information
  • His ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd Sharaf, 1990:t.p. (ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd Sharaf) p. 15 (b. 1939 in Baghdad)
  • The Shaping of an Arab statesman, 1983:t.p. (Sharif Abd al-Hamid Sharaf) Brit CIP (Sharaf, Abdul Hamid) jkt., etc. (Jordanian Prime Minister; d. 1980, age 40)
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Wikipedia description:

Abdelhamid Sharaf (Arabic: الشريف عبدالحميد شرف;‎ 8 July 1939 – 3 July 1980), was a Jordanian politician born in Iraq who served as the 24th Prime Minister of Jordan from December 1979 until his death of a heart attack after seven months in office. King Hussein announced the death in a live radio broadcast and said that "His death could not have come at a worse time." Sharaf was ambassador to the United States (1967–1972), Canada (1969–1972) and the United Nations (1972–1976).

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