{"id":55829,"date":"2021-11-27T07:55:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T07:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordannewsgazette.com\/?p=55829"},"modified":"2021-11-29T07:57:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T07:57:13","slug":"jordanians-remember-former-pm-wasfi-tal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordannewsgazette.com\/jordanians-remember-former-pm-wasfi-tal\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordanians remember former PM Wasfi Tal"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of the death of former Prime Minister Wasfi Tal.<\/p>\n
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Tal is a popular political figure in Jordan’s history; he was assassinated in Cairo while attending a meeting of the Arab joint defense council in 1971.<\/p>\n
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Born in 1920, Tal was the son of the popular Jordanian poet, Mustafa Wahbi, better known as Arar.<\/p>\n
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Tal was appointed three times as a Prime Minister in 1962, 1965 and 1970.<\/p>\n
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Tal received his education in Jordan, later continued his studies at the American University of Beirut. He served as an ambassador in Moscow, Tehran and Baghdad.<\/p>\n
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The late PM was known for his belief in joint Arab action and support for the struggle of the Palestinian people for liberation of their homeland.<\/p>\n
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Locally, Tal laid the foundations for a Jordanian national renaissance, and became a symbol of state building.<\/p>\n
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Source: Jordan News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of the death of former Prime Minister Wasfi Tal. Tal is a popular political figure in Jordan’s history; he was assassinated in Cairo while attending a meeting of the Arab joint defense council in 1971. Born in 1920, Tal was the son of the popular Jordanian poet, Mustafa … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n