About Samir Rifai
Born 1966. Samir Rifai is a Jordanian politician.
Samir Zaid al-Rifai (born 1 July 1966) is a Jordanian politician who was the 38th Prime Minister of Jordan from 14 December 2009 to 9 February 2011, Vice President of the Senate of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 2015 till present. Prior to that, he was the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee between 2013 and 2015.
Prior to his appointment as Prime Minister, Rifai was the head of Jordan Dubai International Capital.
He received a bachelor's degree at Harvard University and a master's degree at the University of Cambridge.
Rifai's father, Zaid Rifai, was a former prime minister, and president of the Senate of Jordan.
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Samir Rifai was born on 1 July 1966 in Amman.
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Samir Rifai is Jordanian.
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