Anastas Hanania
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Anastas Hanania was a Jordan
ian-Palestinian
lawyer, judge, official and diplomat.
Born in Jerusalem at around the turn of the 20th century, 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.
After the 1948 Deir Yassin massacre
, Hanania and his family left Palestine for Amman
. During the 1950s, Hanania held several cabinet positions in the Jordanian government including Minister of Finance, Minister of Justice and Foreign Minister. 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.
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).
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
ian-Palestinian
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
lawyer, judge, official and diplomat.
Born in Jerusalem at around the turn of the 20th century, 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.
After the 1948 Deir Yassin massacre
Deir Yassin massacre
The Deir Yassin massacre took place on April 9, 1948, when around 120 fighters from the Irgun Zevai Leumi and Lohamei Herut Israel Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, a Palestinian-Arab village of roughly 600 people...
, Hanania and his family left Palestine for Amman
Amman
Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...
. During the 1950s, Hanania held several cabinet positions in the Jordanian government including Minister of Finance, Minister of Justice and Foreign Minister. 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
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and between 1968–1989, he was a Senator in Jordan's Upper House of Parliament.
Hanania's wife Claire Nashawati died in 2002. They are survived by a son (heart surgeon Daoud Hanania
Daoud Hanania
Daoud Anastas Hanania داود حنانيا is a Palestinian heart surgeon. Hanania is a former Lieutenant General in the Jordanian Armed Forces, he is also currently a Senator in the Jordanian Parliament.- Family Background and Education :...
) and four daughters (May, Lyne, Louly and Myr).