Anastas Hanania
| Anastas Hanania | |
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| Minister of Justice and Transport | |
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In office 6 May 1959 – 20 September 1959 |
Anastas Hanania was a Jordanian-Palestinian lawyer, judge, official and diplomat.
Hanania was educated at the Syrian Protestant College in Beirut (now known as AUB) and the Law College in Jerusalem. He entered Palestinian politics in the late 1930s and 1940s.
Career
After the 1948 Deir Yassin massacre, Hanania and his family left Palestine for Amman. During the 1950s. He was one of the original signatories to the Jordanian Constitution of 1952, which remains the law of the land today.
Between 1960-1966, Hanania was Jordan's Ambassador to the United Kingdom and between 1968–1989, he was a Senator in Jordan's Upper House of Parliament.
Ministerial positions
Hanania held several cabinet positions in the Jordanian government including Minister of Finance, Minister of Justice and Foreign Minister
| × | Term Start | Term End | Ministry | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 May 1959 | 20 September 1959 | Minister of Justice and Transport | Hazza' al-Majali |
| 2 | 18 May 1958 | 10 July 1958 | Minister of Finance and National Economy | Samir al-Rifai |
| 3 | 12 December 1957 | 18 May 1958 | Minister of Finance | Ibrahim Hashem |
| 4 | 13 July 1957 | 12 December 1957 | Minister of Finance | Ibrahim Hashem |
| 5 | 24 April 1957 | 13 July 1957 | Minister of Finance and Economy | Ibrahim Hashem |
| 6 | 1 April 1956 | 20 May 1956 | Minister of Transport, Construction and Building | Samir al-Rifai |
| 7 | 8 January 1956 | 1 April 1956 | Minister of Trade, Construction and Building | Samir al-Rifai |
| 8 | 21 December 1955 | 7 January 1956 | Minister of Trade, Construction and Building | Ibrahim Hashem |
| 9 | 24 October 1954 | 28 May 1955 | Minister of Finance | Tawfik Abu al-Huda |
| 10 | 4 May 1954 | 21 October 1954 | Minister of Trade | Tawfik Abu al-Huda |
| 11 | 5 May 1953 | 2 May 1954 | Minister of Trade | Fawzi al-Mulki |
| 12 | 8 September 1951 | 27 September 1952 | Minister of Justice, Construction and Building | Tawfik Abu al-Huda |
| 13 | 25 July 1951 | 7 September 1951 | Minister of Agriculture, Construction and Building | Tawfik Abu al-Huda |
| 14 | 14 July 1951 | 25 July 1951 | Minister of Trade, Construction and Building | Samir al-Rifai |
| 15 | 18 April 1951 | 14 July 1951 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Samir al-Rifai |
| 16 | 24 March 1951 | 18 April 1951 | Minister of Agriculture, Construction and Building | Samir al-Rifai |
| 17 | 4 December 1950 | 24 March 1951 | Minister of Construction and Building | Samir al-Rifai |
| 18 | 14 October 1950 | 4 Dec 1950 | Minister of Construction and Building | Sa`id al-Mufti |
| 19 | 5 August 1950 | 11 October 1950 | Minister of Refugees, Construction and Building | Sa`id al-Mufti |
| 20 | 12 April 1950 | 5 August 1950 | Minister of Telegram and Post | Sa`id al-Mufti |
Personal life
Hanania's wife Claire Nashawati died in 2002. They are survived by a son (heart surgeon Daoud Hanania) and four daughters (May, Lyne, Louly and Myr).