Bahjat Talhouni Member of the Jordanian Senate

Bahjat al-Talhouni was born in the city of Ma’an in 1913 and died in 1995, among the active Jordanian political figures. He held several positions, including Speaker of the Senate, Prime Minister and Head of the Royal Hashemite Court.
He studied at Al-Salt School, then joined Damascus University to graduate from the Faculty of Law there in 1935.
He worked as a judge in Karak in 1938.
He was assigned to form the government as prime minister four times during the years 1960-1970.
He was appointed as Speaker of the Senate in 1974, as he has been a member since 1962.
Positions he held:-

– work as a lawyer
– 1/11/1938 appointed a judge.
10/6/1939, Irbid Public Prosecutor.
– 1/3/1943 Judge of the Magistrate’s Court of Salt.
– 15/1/1943 President of the First Instance Court of Karak.
– 7/1/1951 President of the Irbid Court of First Instance.
– 11/16/1952-5/5/1953, President of the Amman Court of Appeal.
5/5/1953-5/11/1953 Minister of the Interior and Minister of Justice
6/11/1953-2/5/1954 Acting Judge of the Judiciary.
15/5/1954-29/8/1960 Head of the Royal Hashemite Court.
– 29/8/1960-28/1/1962 Head of the Jordanian Ministry.
– 12/20/1962-3/28/1963 Member of the Jordanian Senate.
– 29/3/1963-6/7/1964 Head of the Royal Hashemite Court.
7/6/1964-13/2/1965 Prime Minister and Personal Representative of His Majesty the King.
– 7/7/1964 Member of the Senate.
– 15/6/1967-17/6/1967, the personal representative of His Majesty the King.
– 1/8/1967 Member of the advisory board
– 10/7/1967-25/4/1967 Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
– Member of the Senate.
– 25/4/1968 – 10/9/1968 Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and Defense.
10/9/1968-26/12/1968 Prime Minister and Minister of Defense.
– 12/26/1968-3/24/1969 Prime Minister.
– 16/6/1969-12/8/1969 Head of the Royal Hashemite Court.
– 13/8/1969-19/4/1970 Prime Minister.
– 9/12/1969 Member of the Senate.
– 19/4/1970- 27/6/1970 Prime Minister.

Decorations:-

Jordanian Renaissance Medal, first class.
The Independence Gold Medal from the President of the Republic of Pakistan.
– A special Great Bright Planet Sash and Medal from National China.
– The Papal Medal.
A number of Arab and foreign honors