List of Prime Ministers of Jordan

Last updated July 25, 2020

The prime minister of Jordan is the head of the government there. This is a list of Prime Ministers of Jordan since 1921.

List of officeholders

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№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Monarch (Reign)
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Monarch (Reign)
• Emirate of Transjordan (1921–1946) •
1		Rashid Tali’a (1877–1926)	11 April 1921	5 August 1921	116 days	Independence Party	Abdullah (1921–1946)
2		Mazhar Raslan (1886–1948)	15 August 1921	10 March 1922	207 days	Independent
3		Ali Rikabi (1864–1943)	10 March 1922	1 February 1923	328 days	Military

(2)		Mazhar Raslan (1886–1948)	1 February 1923	5 September 1923	203 days	Independent
4		Hasan Abu Al-Huda (1871–1936)	5 September 1923	3 March 1924	180 days	Independent
(3)		Ali Rikabi (1864–1943)	3 March 1924	26 June 1926	2 years, 114 days	Military
(4)		Hasan Abu Al-Huda (1871–1936)	26 June 1926	22 February 1931	4 years, 240 days	Independent
5		Abdullah Siraj (1876–1949)	22 February 1931	18 October 1933	2 years, 239 days	Independent
6		Ibrahim Hashem (1878–1958)	18 October 1933	28 September 1938	4 years, 344 days	Independent
7		Tawfik Abu Al-Huda (1894–1956)	28 September 1938	15 October 1944	6 years, 17 days	Independent
8		Samir Al-Rifai (1901–1965)	15 October 1944	19 May 1945	216 days	Independent
(6)		Ibrahim Hashem (1878–1958)	19 May 1945	25 May 1946	1 year, 6 days	Independent
• Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1946–Present) •
(6)		Ibrahim Hashem (1878–1958)	25 May 1946	4 February 1947	255 days	Independent	Abdullah I (1946–1951)
(8)		Samir Al-Rifai (1901–1965)	4 February 1947	28 December 1947	327 days	Independent
(7)		Tawfik Abu Al-Huda (1894–1956)	28 December 1947	12 April 1950	2 years, 106 days	Independent
9		Sa`id Mufti (1898–1989)	12 April 1950	4 December 1950	236 days	Independent
(8)		Samir Al-Rifai (1901–1965)	4 December 1950	25 July 1951	233 days	Independent
(7)		Tawfik Abu Al-Huda (1894–1956)	25 July 1951	5 May 1953	1 year, 283 days	Independent	Talal (1951–1952)
10		Fawzi Mulki (1910–1962)	5 May 1953	4 May 1954	364 days	Independent	Hussein (1952–1999)
(7)		Tawfik Abu Al-Huda (1894–1956)	4 May 1954	30 May 1955	1 year, 26 days	Independent
(9)		Sa`id Mufti (1898–1989)	30 May 1955	15 December 1955	199 days	Independent
11		Hazza' Majali (1917–1960)	15 December 1955	21 December 1955	6 days	Independent

(6)		Ibrahim Hashem (1878–1958)	21 December 1955	8 January 1956	18 days	Independent
(8)		Samir Rifai (1901–1965)	8 January 1956	22 May 1956	135 days	Independent
(9)		Sa`id Mufti (1898–1989)	22 May 1956	1 July 1956	40 days	Independent
(6)		Ibrahim Hashem (1878–1958)	1 July 1956	29 October 1956	120 days	Independent
12		Suleiman Nabulsi (1908–1976)	29 October 1956	13 April 1957	166 days	National Socialist Party
13		Hussein Khalidi (1895–1966)	15 April 1957	24 April 1957	9 days	Independent
(6)		Ibrahim Hashem (1878–1958)	24 April 1957	18 May 1958	1 year, 24 days	Independent
(8)		Samir Al-Rifai (1901–1965)	18 May 1958	6 May 1959	353 days	Independent
(11)		Hazza' Majali (1917–1960)	6 May 1959	29 August 1960 (assassinated)	1 year, 114 days	Independent
14		Bahjat Talhouni 1913–1994	29 August 1960	28 January 1962	1 year, 151 days	Independent
15		Wasfi Tal (1919–1971)	28 January 1962	27 March 1963	1 year, 57 days	Independent
(8)		Samir Al-Rifai (1901–1965)	27 March 1963	21 April 1963	25 days	Independent
16		Hussein ibn Nasser (1902–1982)	21 April 1963	6 July 1964	1 year, 75 days	Independent
(14)		Bahjat Talhouni (1913–1994)	6 July 1964	14 February 1965	223 days	Independent
(15)		Wasfi Tal (1919–1971)	14 February 1965	4 March 1967	2 years, 18 days	Independent
(16)		Hussein ibn Nasser (1902–1982)	4 March 1967	23 April 1967	50 days	Independent
17		Saad Jumaa (1916–1979)	23 April 1967	7 October 1967	167 days	Independent
(14)		Bahjat Talhouni (1913–1994)	7 October 1967	24 March 1969	1 year, 169 days	Independent
18		Abdelmunim Rifai (1917–1985)	24 March 1969	13 August 1969	142 days	Independent
(14)		Bahjat Talhouni (1913–1994)	13 August 1969	27 June 1970	318 days	Independent
(18)		Abdelmunim Rifai (1917–1985)	27 June 1970	16 September 1970	81 days	Independent
19		Mohammad Al-Abbasi (1914–1972)	16 September 1970	26 September 1970	10 days	Independent
20		Ahmad Toukan (1903–1981)	26 September 1970	28 October 1970	32 days	Independent
(15)		Wasfi Tal (1919–1971)	28 October 1970	28 November 1971 (assassinated)	1 year, 30 days	Independent
21		Ahmad Lozi (1925–2014)	29 November 1971	26 May 1973	1 year, 179 days	Independent
22		Zaid Rifai (1936–)	26 May 1973	13 July 1976	3 years, 47 days	Independent
23		Mudar Badran (1934–)	13 July 1976	19 December 1979	3 years, 158 days	Independent
24		Abdelhamid Sharaf (1939–1980)	19 December 1979	3 July 1980 (died in office)	197 days	Independent
25		Kassim Rimawi (1918–1982)	3 July 1980	28 August 1980	56 days	Independent
(23)		Mudar Badran (1934–)	28 August 1980	10 January 1984	3 years, 134 days	Independent
26		Ahmad Obeidat (1938–)	10 January 1984	4 April 1985	1 year, 85 days	Independent
(22)		Zaid Rifai (1936–)	4 April 1985	27 April 1989	4 years, 23 days	Independent
27		Zaid ibn Shaker (1934–2002)	27 April 1989	4 December 1989	221 days	Independent
(23)		Mudar Badran (1934–)	4 December 1989	19 June 1991	1 year, 197 days	Independent
28		Taher Masri (1942–)	19 June 1991	21 November 1991	155 days	Independent
(27)		Zaid ibn Shaker (1934–2002)	21 November 1991	29 May 1993	1 year, 190 days	Independent
29		Abdelsalam Majali (1925–)	29 May 1993	7 January 1995	1 year, 222 days	Independent
(27)		Zaid ibn Shaker (1934–2002)	7 January 1995	4 February 1996	1 year, 28 days	Independent
30		Abdul Karim Kabariti (1949–)	4 February 1996	9 March 1997	1 year, 35 days	Independent
(29)		Abdelsalam Majali (1925–)	9 March 1997	20 August 1998	1 year, 163 days	Independent
31		Fayez Tarawneh (1949–)	20 August 1998	4 March 1999	196 days	Independent
32		Abdelraouf Rawabdeh (1939–)	4 March 1999	19 June 2000	1 year, 106 days	Independent	Abdullah II (1999–)
33		Ali Abu Al-Ragheb (1946–)	19 June 2000	25 October 2003	3 years, 127 days	Independent
34		Faisal Fayez (1952–)	25 October 2003	6 April 2005	1 year, 164 days	Independent
35		Adnan Badran (1935–)	6 April 2005	27 November 2005	235 days	Independent
36		Marouf Bakhit (1947–)	27 November 2005	25 November 2007	1 year, 363 days	Independent
37		Nader Dahabi (1946–)	25 November 2007	14 December 2009	2 years, 19 days	Independent
38		Samir Rifai (1966–)	14 December 2009	9 February 2011	1 year, 56 days	Independent
(36)		Marouf Bakhit (1947–)	9 February 2011	24 October 2011	257 days	Independent
39		Awn Khasawneh (1950–)	24 October 2011	2 May 2012	191 days	Independent
(31)		Fayez Tarawneh (1949–)	2 May 2012	11 October 2012	162 days	Independent
40		Abdullah Ensour (1939–)	11 October 2012	1 June 2016	3 years, 234 days	Independent
41		Hani Mulki (1951–)	1 June 2016	14 June 2018	2 years, 13 days	Independent
42		Omar Razzaz (1961–)	14 June 2018	Incumbent	2 years, 40 days	Independent

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v t e Prime Ministers of Jordan
Emirate of Transjordan (1921–1946)	Tali'a Raslan Rikabi Raslan H. Al-Huda Rikabi H. Al-Huda Siraj Hashem T. Al-Huda S. Al-Rifai Hashem	Jordan
Kingdom of Jordan (1946–)	Hashem S. Al-Rifai T. Al-Huda Mufti S. Al-Rifai T. Al-Huda F. Mulki T. Al-Huda Mufti H. Majali Hashem S. Al-Rifai Mufti Hashem Nabulsi Khalidi Hashem Al-Rifai H. Majali Talhouni Tal S. Al-Rifai ibn Nasser Talhouni Tal ibn Nasser Jumaa Talhouni A. Al-Rifai Talhouni A. Al-Rifai Al-Abbasi Toukan Tal Lawzi Z. Al-Rifai M. Badran Sharaf Rimawi M. Badran Obeidat Z. Al-Rifai ibn Shaker M. Badran Masri ibn Shaker Majali ibn Shaker Kabariti A. Majali Tarawneh Rawabdeh Abu Al-Ragheb Fayez A. Badran Bakhit Dahabi Rifai Bakhit Khasawneh Tarawneh Esour H. Mulki Razzaz	Jordan

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