Ahmad Toukan (Ahmad Tuqan) (Arabic: أحمد طوقان; 15 August 1903 – 5 January 1981[1]) was a Jordanian political leader of Palestinian descent who was the 20th Prime Minister of Jordan from 26 September 1970 to 28 October 1970.
Ahmad Tuqan | |
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Prime Minister of Jordan | |
In office 26 September 1970 – 28 October 1970 | |
Monarch | King Hussein |
Preceded by | Mohammad Daoud Al-Abbasi |
Succeeded by | Wasfi al-Tal |
Personal details | |
Born | Nablus, Beirut vilayet, Ottoman Empire | 15 August 1903
Died | 5 January 1981 Amman, Jordan | (aged 77)
Political party | Independent |
Tuqan was born in Nablus, British Mandate Palestine.[citation needed] He was the eldest brother of Ibrahim Touqan and Fadwa Touqan, both of whom were poets.[citation needed]
Toukan occupied high-ranking positions:
Toukan was prime minister in 1970 during a crackdown that drove the PLO guerillas out of Jordan.[2]
He died in Jordan on 12 September 1981 at age 78 after a prolonged illness. The Ahmad Toukan School in Amman is named in his honor.[3]