The politics of Jordan takes place in a framework of a parliamentary monarchy,whereby the Prime Minister of Jordan is head of government,and of a multi-party system. Jordan is a constitutional monarchy based on the constitution promulgated on January 8,1952. The king exercises his power through the government he appoints which is responsible before the Parliament. In contrast to most parliamentary monarchies,the monarchy of Jordan is not ceremonial,with the King having significant influence over the affairs of the country.
The Hashemites,also House of Hashim,are the royal family of Jordan,which they have ruled since 1921,and were the royal family of the kingdoms of Hejaz (1916–1925),Syria (1920),and Iraq (1921–1958). The family had ruled the city of Mecca continuously from the 10th century,frequently as vassals of outside powers,and ruled the thrones of the Hejaz,Syria,Iraq,and Jordan following their World War I alliance with the British Empire.
Abdullah I bin Al-Hussein was the ruler of Jordan from 11 April 1921 until his assassination in 1951. He was the Emir of Transjordan,a British protectorate,until 25 May 1946,after which he was king of an independent Jordan. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty,the royal family of Jordan since 1921,Abdullah was a 38th-generation direct descendant of Muhammad.
Faisal Akef Al-Fayez is a Jordanian politician who was the 34th Prime Minister of Jordan from 25 October 2003 to 6 March 2005. Additionally,Al-Fayez is the only person in Jordanian history who was a Prime Minister,President of the Senate,President of the House of Representatives,and Head of the Royal Hashemite Court. He took office following the resignation of Ali Abu al-Ragheb. He previously served as Minister of Defense and is very close to King Abdullah II.
Talal bin Abdullah was King of Jordan from the assassination of his father,King Abdullah I,on 20 July 1951 until his forced abdication on 11 August 1952. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty,the royal family of Jordan since 1921,Talal was a 39th-generation direct descendant of Muhammad.
Mudar Mohammad Ayesh Badran was a Jordanian politician,government minister,and industrialist. He served as the 23rd Prime Minister of Jordan on three occasions from 1976 to 1979,then again from 1980 to 1984,and finally from 1989 to 1991.
Habis Majali was a Jordanian general. Majali served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces from 1958 to 1975,as minister of defense from 1967 to 1968,and as a member of the Jordanian Senate for 30 years from 1967 to 1997.
Ahmad Toukan was a Jordanian political leader of Palestinian descent. He was briefly the 20th Prime Minister of Jordan from 26 September 1970 to 28 October 1970,during a crackdown that drove the PLO guerillas out of Jordan.
Abdullah Ensour is a Jordanian economist who served as the 40th prime minister of Jordan between October 2012 and May 2016. A veteran politician,he has held various cabinet positions in Jordanian government in addition to being prime minister.
Ibrahim Hashem was a Jordanian politician and judge,known primarily for serving five terms as Prime Minister of Jordan.
HE Major General Qassem Pasha Al-Nasser (1925–2007) was a Jordanian officer who participated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. He was part of many battles,such as:Latrun,Bab El-wad,and Misherem,amongst others.
Ayman Hazza' al-Majali is the former Deputy Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He is the son of Jordan's late Premier Hazza' al-Majali. As a Member of Jordan's House of Representatives he also headed the parliament's Lower House Finance Committee.
Abdullah Rimawi was the head of the Ba'ath Party in Jordan in the 1950s. He served as Foreign Affairs Minister in Suleiman Nabulsi's government in 1957. A staunch pan-Arabist,Rimawi became one of the most vocal opponents of the Hashemite ruling family in Jordan and favored union with Syria. He fled Jordan in 1957 as the result of a crisis between the leftist government he was a part of and the royal family. He based himself in the United Arab Republic,where he drew closer to UAR President Gamal Abdel Nasser provoking his expulsion from the Ba'ath Party—which was at odds with Nasser—in 1959. Soon after he founded a splinter party called the Arab Socialist Revolutionary Ba'ath Party. During his exile,he allegedly made a number of attempts to attack or undermine the Jordanian monarchy.
Amer Khammash,was a Jordanian lieutenant general,political and personal adviser to King Hussein of Jordan,as well as being His Majesty's special representative,Chief of The Royal Hashemite Court twice and a five-term member of the Senate of Jordan.
Saad Mohammad Jumaa Alayoubi was a Jordanian politician,writer and poet who served as the 17th Prime Minister of Jordan in 1967.
Nasser Judeh is a Jordanian politician who served as Jordan's longest serving minister of foreign affairs,having served between 2009 and 2017 in eight consecutive governments. He also served as deputy prime minister from 2015 to 2017. He serves as a senator in the Jordanian Upper House of Parliament.
Ahmad Lozi was a Jordanian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Jordan from 29 November 1971 to 26 May 1973. He succeeded Wasfi al-Tal who had been assassinated by the Black September Organization. In the 1960s he had already served as member of the House of Representatives and the Senate. He also had terms as Minister for Prime ministry affairs,Municipal Affairs and Finance. He served as Chief of the Royal Court from 1979 to 1984. This was followed by the presidency of the Senate for thirteen years,from 1984 to 1997. In 2011 he headed a committee to oversee changes to the Constitution of Jordan.
Jawad Anani is a Jordanian economist and politician. After working for the Central Bank of Jordan in the 1960s and 1970s he held high ranking positions in the civil service. He has held several ministerial posts since 1979,including a four-year stint as Minister of Labour between 1980 and 1984. During the early 1990s he held positions as Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Minister of Information,and was involved in the peace-process between Jordan and Israel. During the later half of the decade he was Deputy Prime Minister for Development Affairs,Foreign Minister and Chief of the Royal Court. From June 2016 until January 2017 he was Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs in the cabinets of Hani Al-Mulki.
Khaled Abdelaziz Sulaiman al-Karaki is a Jordanian author,poet,academic and politician. He served as the Jordanian Minister of Culture (1989–91) and Deputy Prime Minister. He is a past president of Jerash University (2002–2006) and the University of Jordan (2007–2010). He currently chairs the Jordan Academy of Arabic.
