Anastas Hanania


Anastas Hanania was a Jordanian-Palestinian lawyer, judge, official and diplomat.
Hanania was educated at the Syrian Protestant College in Beirut 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 StartTerm EndMinistryGovernment
16 May 195920 September 1959Minister of Justice and TransportHazza' al-Majali
218 May 195810 July 1958Minister of Finance and National EconomySamir al-Rifai
312 December 195718 May 1958Minister of FinanceIbrahim Hashem
413 July 195712 December 1957Minister of FinanceIbrahim Hashem
524 April 195713 July 1957Minister of Finance and EconomyIbrahim Hashem
61 April 195620 May 1956Minister of Transport, Construction and BuildingSamir al-Rifai
78 January 19561 April 1956Minister of Trade, Construction and BuildingSamir al-Rifai
821 December 19557 January 1956Minister of Trade, Construction and BuildingIbrahim Hashem
924 October 195428 May 1955Minister of FinanceTawfik Abu al-Huda
104 May 195421 October 1954Minister of TradeTawfik Abu al-Huda
115 May 19532 May 1954Minister of TradeFawzi al-Mulki
128 September 195127 September 1952Minister of Justice, Construction and BuildingTawfik Abu al-Huda
1325 July 19517 September 1951Minister of Agriculture, Construction and BuildingTawfik Abu al-Huda
1414 July 195125 July 1951Minister of Trade, Construction and BuildingSamir al-Rifai
1518 April 195114 July 1951Minister of Foreign AffairsSamir al-Rifai
1624 March 195118 April 1951Minister of Agriculture, Construction and BuildingSamir al-Rifai
174 December 195024 March 1951Minister of Construction and BuildingSamir al-Rifai
1814 October 19504 Dec 1950Minister of Construction and BuildingSa`id al-Mufti
195 August 195011 October 1950Minister of Refugees, Construction and BuildingSa`id al-Mufti
2012 April 19505 August 1950Minister of Telegram and PostSa`id al-Mufti

Personal life

Hanania's wife Claire Nashawati died in 2002. They are survived by a son and four daughters.