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Zaid ibn Shaker

1934 - 2002

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Zaid ibn Shaker, GBE, CVO (4 September 1934 – 30 August 2002) (Arabic: الامير زيد بن شاكر) was a Jordanian military officer and politician who served as the commander-in-chief of the Jordanian military for more than twelve years and the 27th Prime Minister of Jordan three times. King Hussein awarded him the non-hereditary title of prince on 4 February 1996. Field Marshal General of the Army Sharif Zaid ibn Shakir was a cousin of King Hussein. He joined the military and served with the future King Hussein. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zaid ibn Shaker is the 13,873rd most popular politician (down from 9,324th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Jordan (down from 19th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Jordanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zaid ibn Shaker ranks 13,873 out of 19,576Before him are Kitsos Tzavelas, Helmuts Balderis, Giovanni II Participazio, King Jian of Zhou, Franz Josef Jung, and Bal Thackeray. After him are Gertrude of Babenberg, Duchess of Bohemia, Aram Shah, Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou, Yaakov Neeman, and King Yuan of Zhou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Zaid ibn Shaker ranks 319Before him are Lyudmila Shevtsova, Dick Boushka, Hamit Kaplan, Ole Madsen, Eva-Maria Hagen, and Jacek Kuroń. After him are John Keegan, Otis Rush, Adolf Merckle, Yūjirō Ishihara, Martin Bangemann, and Inger Stevens. Among people deceased in 2002, Zaid ibn Shaker ranks 195Before him are Robert Urich, Luise Rinser, Ong Teng Cheong, John Agar, Hernán Gaviria, and Rudolf Augstein. After him are Vitaly Solomin, Lawrence Tierney, Arne Selmosson, Leo Ornstein, John Thaw, and Raoul Diagne.

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In Jordan

Among people born in Jordan, Zaid ibn Shaker ranks 25 out of 59Before him are Simon bar Giora (100), Marouf al-Bakhit (1947), Abdelsalam Majali (1925), Abdullah Ensour (1939), Prince Hassan bin Talal (1947), and Samih al-Qasim (1939). After him are Abdul Rahman Munif (1933), Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan (1994), Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham (1948), Mudar Badran (1934), Adnan Badran (1935), and Zeid Raad Al Hussein (1964).

Among POLITICIANS In Jordan

Among politicians born in Jordan, Zaid ibn Shaker ranks 11Before him are Nayef Hawatmeh (1938), Haya bint Hussein (1974), Marouf al-Bakhit (1947), Abdelsalam Majali (1925), Abdullah Ensour (1939), and Prince Hassan bin Talal (1947). After him are Mudar Badran (1934), Adnan Badran (1935), Zeid Raad Al Hussein (1964), Nader Al-Dahabi (1946), Awn Al-Khasawneh (1950), and Hani Mulki (1951).