Abdul-Monem Rifai (ʻAbd al-Munʻim Rifāʻī) (23 February 1917 - 17 October 1985) was a Jordanian

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 diplomat and political figure of Palestinian

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 descent. He was born in Lebanon

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. Rifai was Jordan's first Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the United Nations Headquarters in New York in 1956. He was also Jordanian Foreign Minister 1968-1969, 1969-1970 and Prime minister

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 of Jordan from 24 March 1969 to 13 August 1969 and again from 27 June 1970 to 16 September 1970. Rifai was additionally one of the Jordan's most prominent poets and penned the lyrics of the Jordanian National Anthem.