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- ↑ "Profiles of new ministers" (PDF). Jordan Times. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ↑ "Profiles of new ministers" (PDF). Jordan Times. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ↑ "Jordan's PM reshuffles cabinet, 11 new ministers announced". Al Arabiya English. 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ↑ https://www.jordannews.jo/Section-109/News/Royal-Decree-Approves-Formation-of-New-Government-Led-by-Jaafar-Hassan-37518
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