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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Abdullah Amin Musleh Salah (December 31, 1922 - December 29, 2007) was a Palestinian human rights activist. He was born and raised in the Palestinian city of Tulkarm. He was Jordan's ambassador to a number of countries around the world, and Jordan's permanent representative to the United Nations. He held various Jordanian ministerial positions; Including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Transport, and Construction and Development, and he is a member of the Jordanian Senate.
His upbringing and education
Abdullah Amin Musleh Salah was born in the city of Tulkarm, in the West Bank, on December 31, 1922. He received his primary, preparatory, and secondary education in the schools of his city, Tulkarm, where he studied at the Fadhiliya School in the city.
In 1944, he obtained a bachelor's degree with honors in political science from the American University in Beirut, then returned to Palestine in the same year 1944, where he joined the Palestinian Institute of Law, specializing in law, and graduated from the institute in 1948.
After that, he held a number of government positions in Palestine for years until 1962, when he entered the Jordanian diplomatic life in this year.
his personal life
His brother is the Palestinian politician “Salah Amin Salah,” who was mayor of Tulkarm during the period (1951-1957) and a member of the first Palestinian National Council, and his uncle is the Palestinian politician “Abd al-Latif Salah.”
Abdullah Salah is married and has only one daughter, Hania Salah.
his posts
Ambassador of Jordan to Kuwait, from April 23, 1962 to 1963, and he is the first Jordanian ambassador to Kuwait.
Ambassador of Jordan to India, from 1963 to 1964.
Ambassador of Jordan to France, from 1964 to 1966.
Permanent Representative of Jordan to UNESCO, from January 21, 1965 to 1966.
Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, from December 22, 1966 to March 4, 1967, within Wasfi Al-Tal's fourth government.
Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Jordanian Minister of Construction and Development, from March 4, 1967 to April 23, 1967, within the third government of Hussein bin Nasser.
Jordanian Minister of Transport, from April 23, 1967 until he submitted his resignation on May 8, 1967, in the first government of Saad Juma'a.
Ambassador of Jordan to France, from 1967 to 1970.
Permanent Representative of Jordan to UNESCO, from 1967 to 1970.
Jordanian Foreign Minister, from October 28, 1970 to November 28, 1971, in Wasfi Al-Tal's fifth government.
Member of the ninth Jordanian Senate, from November 1, 1971 until his resignation on April 16, 1973.
Member of the Jordanian National Assembly, from November 1, 1971 to April 16, 1973.
Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, from November 29, 1971 to August 21, 1972, in the first government of Ahmad al-Lawzi.
Jordan's Ambassador to the United States of America, from 1973 to 1980.
Ambassador of Jordan to Canada, from 1973 to 1980, non-resident.
Ambassador of Jordan to Mexico, from 1973 to 1980, non-resident.
Ambassador of Jordan to China, from 1977 to 1978, non-resident.
Ambassador of Jordan to Switzerland, from 1980 to 1983.
Ambassador of Jordan to Austria, from 1980 to 1983.
Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations, from 1983 to 1992.
Member of the Seventeenth Jordanian Senate, and Vice President of the Council, from November 23, 1993 to November 22, 1997.
Member of the Jordanian National Assembly, from November 23, 1993 to November 22, 1997.
Member of the Royal Commission for Jerusalem Affairs, from January 8, 1994 until his death.
His position on the Israeli occupation
Abdullah Salah was emphasizing his position on the need for Israel to withdraw from all the lands it occupied.
He was wounded on the day Wasfi al-Tal was assassinated
Abdullah Salah was injured, at the moment of the assassination of the Jordanian Prime Minister Wasfi Al-Tal in Cairo on November 28, 1971, when Abdullah Salah was next to the hill.
his death
Abdullah Salah died in the Jordanian capital, Amman, on December 29, 2007, of heart disease. Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf al-Bakhit mourned Abdullah Salah, and al-Bakhit recalled the "great services" provided by Abdullah Salah to Jordan.
Achievements and Awards
decorations
Abdullah Salah was decorated with a number of decorations, most notably:
Jordanian Independence Medal of the First Class.
The Jordanian Kawkab Medal of the First Class.
The Jordanian Renaissance Medal of the first degree.
Order of the Lebanese Cedar of the Grand Order of the Order.
French Order of Merit.
Order of the Belgian Crown.
The Jordanian State Centenary Medal, from the Jordanian King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein, on October 17, 2021, in appreciation of his diplomatic and political efforts, his service in public work for more than forty years, and his role in the Royal Commission for Jerusalem Affairs.
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