Background
Toukan was born on 15 August 1903 in Nablus, Palestine.
Toukan was born on 15 August 1903 in Nablus, Palestine.
Bachelor of Science Engineering Sciences, American University of Beirut, 1925.
Master of Science Physics,, 1929.
He is the eldest brother of Ibrahim Touqan and Fadwa Touqan, both of whom are famous poets in the Arab world. Toukan occupied many high-ranking positions both locally and internationally: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Expert and The United Nations Relief and Works Agency Deputy Head of (1954-1961) Expert at the International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (1962-1966) Minister (including Foreign Minister, Minister of State and Deputy Prime Minister during the years1950-1970) Prime Minister in 1970 Chief of the Royal Hashemite Court of Jordan in 1972 Chairman of University of Jordan’s Board of Trustees in 1972. Toukan was Prime Minister in 1970 during a crackdown that drove the PLO guerillas out of Jordan.
He died in Jordan at age 78 after a prolonged illness.
The Ahmad Toukan School in Amman is named in his honor.