Yousef Haikal (1907–1989) was a Jordanian Ambassador and the Mayor of Jaffa between 1945 and 1948.[1]
HE Dr. Yousef Haikal | |
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يوسف هيكل | |
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Mayor of Jaffa | |
In office March 30, 1945 – 1948 | |
Jordanian Ambassador to the United States | |
In office March 23, 1949 / June 1, 1949 – December 14, 1953 | |
Succeeded by | Abdelmunim al-Rifai |
Jordanian Ambassador to the United Kingdom | |
In office August 4, 1954 – May 18, 1956 | |
Preceded by | Sulayman al-Nabulsi |
Succeeded by | Baha Toukan |
Jordanian Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York City | |
In office August 21, 1957 – June 5, 1962 | |
Preceded by | Abdelmunim al-Rifai |
Succeeded by | Abdelmunim al-Rifai |
Jordanian Ambassador to India | |
In office June 5, 1962 – May 10, 1964 | |
Succeeded by | October 3, 1964 – 1968 Kemal Mehmood Homoud |
Jordanian Ambassador to China | |
In office May 10, 1964 – March 10, 1969 | |
Preceded by | Azmi Nashachibi |
Succeeded by | Kamel Al-Sharif |
Personal details | |
Born | 1907 Jaffa, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 1989 (aged 81–82) Amman, Jordan |
Relatives | Hilmi Hanoun (nephew) |
Education | studied primary and secondary school in Jaffa |
Alma mater | |
Biography
editHaikal was born in 1907 in the city of Jaffa. After learning at the Arab College in Jerusalem, he sought degrees in Montpellier, Paris and the University of London, before returning to Mandatory Palestine in 1938. He served as the General Inspector of Awqaf (Muslim public properties in Palestine) for four years, and then as a District Judge in Nablus between 1943 and 1945.[2] On 30 March 1945, Haikal was appointed to chair the newly-created Jaffa Municipal Commission by Mandatory authorities,[3] thus becoming Mayor of Jaffa.[4] 18 months after becoming mayor, Haikal held an election for the office, which he proceeded to win.[5][6]
In February of 1948, during the Palestine war, Haikal contacted David Ben-Gurion through a British intermediary trying to secure a peace agreement with nearby Tel Aviv, which was opposed by the commander of the city's Arab militia.[7][8] In May, Haikal left the city for Jordan.[5]
In 1949, Haikal was appointed Jordanian Minister to the United States,[9] In August of 1952, he became Jordan's representative at the International Monetary Fund.[10] He held both positions until December of 1953. and December of 1953.[11][12] He subsequently led the Jordanian Delegation with the Jordan–Israel Mixed Armistice Commission in Jerusalem between 1953 and 1954. He subsequently served as Jordan's ambassador to the United Kingdom between 1954 and 1956, to France between 1956 and 1957,[2] to the United States In 1957 and then again in 1959,[13] to India between 1962 and 1964 and to the Republic of China between 1964 and 1969. Haikal also served as Jordan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations between 1957 and 1962.[citation needed]
After retiring from his diplomatic posts, Haikal moved to Lebanon and wrote a memoir. Hilmi Hanoun, long-term mayor of Tulkarm, was a son of Haikal's sister, Asya.[14] Haikal died in 1989 and was buried in Amman.[5]
References
edit- ^ Monterescu, Daniel (2015-08-24). Jaffa Shared and Shattered: Contrived Coexistence in Israel/Palestine. Indiana University Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-253-01683-6.
- ^ a b The Middle East. Europa Publications. 1958. p. 438.
- ^ Government of Palestine (1945). Ordinances, Regulations, Rules, Orders and Notices: Annual edition for 1945. Vol. 2. pp. 284–285.
- ^ "בקרב הערבים". Davar. National Library of Israel. 1945-07-02. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ a b c "יפו המנדטורית והזכות ההיסטורית על פלסטין". Sicha Mekomit (in Hebrew). 2020-04-11. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ^ Monterescu, Daniel (2015-08-24). Jaffa Shared and Shattered: Contrived Coexistence in Israel/Palestine. Indiana University Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-253-01683-6.
- ^ Morris, Benny (1987). The birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947–1949. Cambridge University Press. p. 47. ISBN 0-521-33028-9.
- ^ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. pp. 114–115. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
- ^ "T.J Minister to Washington". The Palestine Post. National Library of Israel. 1949-05-12. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ^ "International Monetary Fund Annual Report 1953". International Monetary Fund. Annual Report of the Executive Board: 119. 1953. doi:10.5089/9781616351656.011. ISBN 978-1-61635-165-6. ISSN 2227-8915.
- ^ Fund, International Monetary (1953). Annual Report of the Executive Directors for the Fiscal Year. International Monetary Fund.
- ^ Foreign Relations of the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1986. p. 1939.
- ^ "Jordan". Department Of State. 2008-03-16. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
- ^ Yousef Heikal (1984). "Jaffa… as It Was". Journal of Palestine Studies. 13 (4). Translated by Imad El-Haj: 7. doi:10.2307/2536987. JSTOR 2536987.