Wasfi Al-Tal

Wasfi Al-Tal

Wasfi Al Tal (also Wasfi Tel) (1919 – 28 November 1971) (Arabic: وصفي التل‎) was Prime Minister of Jordan for three separate terms. In 1971, he was assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization outside a Cairo hotel.

Al-Tal was prime minister and defense minister during the Black September uprising by Palestinians in 1970. He earned the ire of PLO leaders for his role in repressing the revolt.