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King Hussein announced the death in a live radio broadcast and said that \"His death could not have come at a worse time.\" Sharaf was ambassador to the United States (1967–1972), Canada (1969–1972) and the United Nations (1972–1976).","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"8 July 1939","date":"1939-07-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4054452#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Baghdad","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1530"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4054452#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"3 July 1980","date":"1980-07-03"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4054452#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Amman","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3805"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4054452#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Jordan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q810"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4054452#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"diplomat","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193391"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4054452#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"American University of Beirut","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q469482"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4054452#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Prime Minister of Jordan (19 December 1979 – 2 July 1980)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7243300","start":"1979-12-19","end":"1980-07-02"},{"text":"Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20716373"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4054452#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelhamid_Sharaf","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4054452"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Abdelhamid Sharaf born?","a":"Abdelhamid Sharaf was born on 8 July 1939 in Baghdad."},{"q":"What positions has Abdelhamid Sharaf held?","a":"Positions held by Abdelhamid Sharaf include: Prime Minister of Jordan (1979–1980); Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan."},{"q":"Where did Abdelhamid Sharaf study?","a":"Abdelhamid Sharaf was educated at American University of Beirut."}],"related":[{"name":"Bisher Khasawneh","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bisher-khasawneh"},{"name":"Marouf al-Bakhit","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/marouf-al-bakhit"},{"name":"Omar Razzaz","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/omar-razzaz"},{"name":"Abdullah Ensour","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdullah-ensour"},{"name":"Fayez Tarawneh","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/fayez-tarawneh"},{"name":"Awn Al-Khasawneh","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/awn-al-khasawneh"},{"name":"Hani Mulki","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hani-mulki"},{"name":"Hussein Khalidi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hussein-khalidi"},{"name":"Suleiman Nabulsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/suleiman-nabulsi"},{"name":"Taher Masri","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/taher-masri"},{"name":"Fawzi Mulki","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/fawzi-mulki"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/abdelhamid-sharaf-936a7fd4c7.jpg","width":120,"height":168,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Prime Ministry staff","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abdelhamid_Sharaf_portrait.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Abdelhamid Sharaf","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelhamid_Sharaf","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q4054452","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4054452","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Abdelhamid Sharaf portrait.jpg by Prime Ministry staff (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abdelhamid_Sharaf_portrait.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Abdelhamid Sharaf, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Abdelhamid Sharaf portrait.jpg — Prime Ministry staff, Public domain.","cite":"\"Abdelhamid Sharaf\". DigiNepal. Last updated 7 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/abdelhamid-sharaf. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-07T12:13:38Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdelhamid-sharaf","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdelhamid-sharaf","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdelhamid-sharaf?lang=ne"}}