Mahmoud Al-Samra

Mahmoud Daoud Sulaiman Al-Samra,^[1] محمود السمرة, (April 20, 1923 – November 10, 2018) was a Jordanian academic, academic administrator, and writer. Al-Samra served as the Jordanian Minister of Culture from 1991 until 1993.^[2] He authored more than 250 books, articles, research papers and other academic and literary works during his career.^[2]

Mahmoud Al-Samra
Minister of Culture of Jordan
In office October 22, 1991 – May 30, 1993
Monarch	King Hussein
Prime Minister	Zaid ibn Shaker
Preceded by	Khaled Al-Karaki
Succeeded by	Amin Mahmoud
Personal details
Born	(1923-04-20)April 20, 1923 Tantura, Mandatory Palestine
Died	November 10, 2018(2018-11-10) (aged 95) Amman, Jordan
Alma mater	University of London (PhD) King Fuad University (BA)

Al-Samra was born in Tantura, Mandatory Palestine, in 1923.^[1] He received his Bachelor of Arts from King Fuad University (present-day Cairo University) in 1950 and his doctorate in philosophy from the Institute of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London in 1958.^[1]

He served as the dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Jordan from 1968 to 1973 and Vice President of the University of Jordan from 1973 to 1989.^[1] In 1989, he was appointed President of the University of Jordan and remained in that role until Fawzi Al-Gharaibeh succeeded him in 1991.

Mahmoud Al-Samra died on November 10, 2018, at the age of 95.^[2]