His Excellency Taher al-Masri GBE
طاهر المصري
Masri in 1960
Prime Minister of Jordan
In office 19 June 1991 – 21 November 1991
Monarch	King Hussein
Preceded by	Zaid al-Rifai
Succeeded by	Abdelraouf al-Rawabdeh
Jordanian Ambassador to France
In office November 16, 1978 – September 21, 1988
Preceded by	Khalid El-Salem
Succeeded by	Awad Al-Khalidi
Personal details
Born	Taher Nashat al-Masri March 5, 1942 Nablus, Mandatory Palestine
Alma mater	University of North Texas

Taher Nashat al-Masri (Arabic: طاهر المصري; born March 5, 1942) is a Jordanian politician who served as the 28th Prime Minister of Jordan from 19 June 1991 to 21 November 1991.^[1] He opposed the invasion of Iraq but reportedly wanted the Americans to stay in Iraq and keep it "out of the hands of the fundamentalists".^[2]

He was the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jordan from 1993 to 1995.^[3]

He served on the Council on Foreign Relations since 2002 and is the league's commissioner for civil society. While Prime Minister, he pressed for changes to the election law. ^{[citation needed]}

He served as the President of the Senate of Jordan from 17 December 2009 to 24 October 2013.^[4]

Honors

• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2020)

See also

• List of prime ministers of Jordan

References

External links

• Prime Ministry of Jordan website

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