Hazza' Majali

Hazza' Barakat al-Majali (1917 – 29 August 1960) (Arabic: هزاع بركات المجالي) was a Jordanian politician that served as the two-time 11th Prime Minister of Jordan.

His eldest son, Amjad Hazza' al-Majali, served as the Jordanian Ambassador in Bahrain and Greece, and eventually became Minister of Labor during the government of Ali Abu al-Ragheb.

[6] His eldest daughter, Taghrid Hazza' Majali, married Prince Muhammad bin Talal, brother of King Hussein, in 1981.

His youngest son, Hussein Hazza' al-Majali, who graduated from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, served in the Jordanian military and became head of the Royal Guard under King Hussein in the 1990s, Jordan's Ambassador in Bahrain until 2010[7] the chief of the Jordanian Public Security Department.

[1] At around 10:30 am on 29 August 1960, a bomb exploded in Majali's office,[8] killing him and 12 other people including senior officials in the government.

King Hussein of Jordan (left) U.N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld (Middle-left) Premier Hazza' Al Majali (Middle-Right) Abdelmunim al-Rifai (right) at the U.N committee
Smoke rising out of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry building after the explosion that killed Prime Minister Hazza' Majali on 29 August 1960. The Syrian government was suspected for being responsible.
Convicts in Majali's assassination hanged, 31 December 1960.
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