Thuqan hindawi

Thuqan Hindawi was a Jordanian politician and educator. Over a public career spanning four decades, he held a number of senior government positions, including Chief of the Royal Hashemite Court, Deputy Prime Minister, and several ministerial portfolios. He also served as a legislator in both houses of parliament and as a Jordanian ambassador. Hindawi was buried in the Royal Hashemite Court Cemetery near the tomb of King Hussein of Jordan.

Education Hindawi started his early schooling years in the Northern Region of Jordan, until at a later stage he was selected to join the Arab College in Jerusalem in 1943 as well as the University of London in 1945 which made him earn his Palestinian Secondary School Certificate by 1946. After that he earned his Bachelor's Degree in History from Cairo University which was King Farouk I University at that time in 1950 and few years later he earned his Master's degree in Advanced Education from the University of Maryland in 1956.

Occupation

After earning his Bachelor's Degree, Hindawi started his career in the Public Sector in 1950 as a History Teacher in the Ministry of Education in Jordan. Soon after that he was promoted to become an Education Inspector and shortly after that the Director of the Teacher's Training Academy of Beit Hanina in the West Bank of Jordan. He moved in 1962 to become the Director of Social Affairs at the UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency. He remained there couple of years until he was appointed as Educational Attaché in the Jordanian Embassy in Cairo in 1964 and then back to Jordan as the General Secretary of the Ministry of Media at that same year.

Hindawi was trusted by the late King Hussein of Jordan and was chosen to hold the important position of Chief of The Royal Hashemite Court in 1989. He was also appointed 2 times as an Ambassador for Jordan abroad and 4 times as a Senator in the Upper House of Parliament. He was elected by Jordanians in General Elections as a Deputy for the Eleventh Lower House of Parliament for a 4-year term.

Most of his life, Hindawi was on the Board of Trustees of a number of public and private academic institutions including the University of Jordan and the Yarmouk University as well as the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Applied Science University and the Arab Community College. He received several prestigious State Medals and International Awards from a variety of countries and organizations. He wrote and published the Palestinian Case book which was consistently taught as a pillar of the Jordanian Secondary Curriculum from 1967 until 1994. It was announced that he also wrote his own autobiography which focused on his early days but it was not published until date.

Hindawi remained publicly active in government positions until he suddenly died from a severe heart attack on 2 July 2005 and was buried in The Royal Cemetery inside The Royal Hashemite Court near the late King Hussein of Jordan tomb.