Samir Al-Rifai

{{Short description|Jordanian politician (1901–1965)}}

{{For|his grandson|Samir Rifai}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Samir al-Rifai
{{Nobold|{{lang|ar|سمير الرفاعي}}}}

| image = Samir Al-Rifai portrait.jpg

| imagesize = 150px

| office1 = 8th Prime Minister of Jordan

| monarch1 = Hussein

| term_start1 = 27 March 1963

| term_end1 = 21 April 1963

| predecessor1 = Wasfi al-Tal

| successor1 = Hussein ibn Nasser

| office2 =

| monarch2 = Hussein

| term_start2 = 18 May 1958

| term_end2 = 6 May 1959

| predecessor2 = Ibrahim Hashem

| successor2 = Hazza' al-Majali

| office3 =

| monarch3 = Hussein

| term_start3 = 8 January 1956

| term_end3 = 22 May 1956

| predecessor3 = Ibrahim Hashem

| successor3 = Sa`id al-Mufti

| office4 =

| monarch4 = Talal
Abdullah I

| term_start4 = 4 December 1950

| term_end4 = 25 July 1951

| predecessor4 = Sa`id al-Mufti

| successor4 = Tawfik Abu al-Huda

| office5 =

| monarch5 = Abdullah I

| term_start5 = 4 February 1947

| term_end5 = 28 December 1947

| predecessor5 = Ibrahim Hashem

| successor5 = Tawfik Abu al-Huda

| birth_date = 30 January 1901

| birth_place = Safed, Beirut Vilayet, Ottoman Empire

| death_date = 12 October 1965 (aged 64)

| death_place = Amman, Jordan

| party = Independent

| alma_mater = American University of Beirut

| office6 = Minister of Finance

| term_start6 = 1943

| term_end6 = 1944

| primeminister6 = Tawfik Abu Al-Huda

| predecessor6 = Shukri Shashaa

| successor6 = Moussallam Al-Attar

}}

Samir al-Rifai ({{langx|ar|سمير الرفاعي}};{{lrm}} 30 January 1901 –12 October 1965) was a Jordanian politician and statesman who served several terms as the 8th Prime Minister of Jordan.

Al-Rifai served under Kings Abdullah I, Talal and Hussein:

• Minister of Finance from 1943 to 1944{{Cite web|url=https://mof.gov.jo/PressCenter/Photos/tabid/217/AlbumID/7/CurrentPage/1/selectedmoduleid/784/language/en-US/Default.aspx|title=Financial Ministers|website=mof.gov.jo}}
• Minister of Justice from 1943 to 1944{{Cite web|url=http://www.moj.gov.jo/Pages/viewpage.aspx?pageID=133|title=الوزراء - وزارة العدل الاردنية|website=www.moj.gov.jo|access-date=2018-06-25|publisher=Ministry of Justice of Jordan}}
• Prime Minister of the Emirate of Transjordan from 15 October 1944 to 19 May 1945
• Prime Minister of the Emirate of Transjordan from 19 May 1945 to 25 May 1946
• Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 4 December 1950 to 25 July 1951
• Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 8 January 1956 to 22 May 1956
• Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 18 May 1958 to 6 May 1959
• Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 27 March 1963 to 21 April 1963
• President of the Senate of Jordan from 10 July 1963 to 1 November 1965{{cite web|url=http://senate.jo/en/content/previous-councils|title=Previous Councils - The Senate of Jordan|date=12 January 2019|publisher=Senate of Jordan}}

He was the father of Prime Minister Zaid al-Rifai and the grandfather of Prime Minister Samir Rifai, and the elder brother of Prime Minister Abdelmunim Rifai.

He died in Amman, aged 64.