Abdelhamid Sharaf
{{Short description|Prime Minister of Jordan (1939–1980)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abdelhamid Sharaf
| image = Abdelhamid Sharaf portrait.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| order = Prime Minister of Jordan
| monarch = Hussein
| term_start = 19 December 1979
| term_end = 3 July 1980
| predecessor = Mudar Badran
| successor = Kassim al-Rimawi
| birth_date = 8 July 1939
|father = Sharaf bin Rajeh
| birth_place = Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq
| death_date = 3 July 1980 (aged 40)
| party =
| spouse = Leila A. Sharaf
}}
Abdelhamid Sharaf ({{langx|ar|الشريف عبدالحميد شرف}};{{lrm}} 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.""Jordan premier Sharaf dies of heart attack at 41", UPI report in Boston Globe, July 4, 1980, p. 8 Sharaf was ambassador to the United States (1967–1972), Canada (1969–1972) and the United Nations (1972–1976).
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External links
- [http://www.rulers.org/indexs3.html Biographies on Rulers.org]
- [http://www.pm.gov.jo Prime Ministry of Jordan website]
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Category:Prime ministers of Jordan
Category:Information ministers of Jordan
Category:Ministers of foreign affairs of Jordan
Category:Defence ministers of Jordan
Category:Politicians from Baghdad
Category:American University of Beirut alumni
Category:Ambassadors of Jordan to the United States
Category:Ambassadors of Jordan to Canada
Category:Permanent representatives of Jordan to the United Nations
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