Amer Khammash

Amer "Mohammad Baseem" Rafiq Khammash
عامر "محمد بسيم" رفيق الخمّاش
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces
In office
9 October 1967 – 27 October 1968
MonarchHussein I
Prime MinisterBahjat Talhouni
Preceded byHabis Al-Majali
Succeeded byMashour Haditha Al-Jazy
Minister of Transport
In office
13 August 1969 – 26 August 1969
Minister of Defence
In office
30 June 1969 – 26 August 1969
Personal details
Born(1924-11-14)14 November 1924
Al-Salt, Transjordan
Died13 February 2010(2010-02-13) (aged 85)
Amman, Jordan
Resting placeJordan
Political partyIndependent
Military service
Allegiance Jordan
Branch/service Royal Jordanian Army
Years of service1941-1969
RankLieutenant general
Battles/warsPalestine War (1947-49)
Six-Day War (1967)
War of Attrition (1967–70)
Battle of Karameh (1968)

Amer Khammash,OI OSJ SOR KStJ (14 November 1924, Al-Salt, Transjordan - 13 February 2010) was a Jordanian lieutenant general, political and personal adviser to King Hussein of Jordan, as well as being His Majesty's special representative, Chief of The Royal Hashemite Court twice and a five-term member of the Senate of Jordan.


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