Bisher Al-Khasawneh's Cabinet

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Bisher Al-Khasawneh's Cabinet
2020–present
Bisher Al-Khasawneh.jpg
Date formed12 October 2020
People and organisations
Monarch Abdullah II
Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh
Prime Minister's history 2020–present
Deputy Prime Minister Tawfiq Kreishan
Ayman Safadi
History
Predecessor Omar Razzaz's Cabinet

Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh was tasked with forming a cabinet on 7 October 2020. [1] [2] He was sworn in along with his cabinet on 12 October 2020. The two exceptions were Minister of State Mahmoud Kharabsheh who had been tested positive for COVID-19, and Minister of State for Follow-up and Government Coordination Nawaf Wasfi Tell who had to follow quarantine requirements after return from abroad. [3]

The cabinet saw reshuffles in March and October 2021. [4] [5] In October 2022 the fifth reshuffle of the cabinet took place. [6]

Cabinet members

The current Cabinet of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Bisher Al-Khasawneh include the following members:

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No photo.svg Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Local Administration Tawfiq Kreishan
Jordanian Foreign Minister Safadi Address Reporters on 16 September 2022 - (52361353402) (cropped).jpg Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi [7]
No photo.svg Minister of Agriculture Khaled Musa Al Henefat [8]
`zmy mHfZ@.jpg Minister of Education and Higher Education and Scientific Research Azmi Mahafzah [9] [10]
No photo.svg Minister of State Wajih Azaizeh [11]
Muhannad Al Mubaidin.jpg Minister of Government Communications Muhannad Al Mubaidin [10] [12]
No photo.svg Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of State for Public Sector Modernisation Nasser Shraideh [12]
No photo.svg Minister of Public Works and Housing Ahmad Maher Abul Samen [13] [14]
No photo.svg Minister of Transport Wesam Al Tahtamouni [11] [15]
No photo.svg Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Nayef Al Fayez [16]
No photo.svg Minister of State for Prime Ministry Affairs Ibrahim Jazi
No photo.svg Minister of State for Legal Affairs Nancy Namrouqa [17]
No photo.svg Minister of Justice Ahmad Nouri Ziadat [18]
No photo.svg Minister of Industry, Trade, and Supply Yousef Shamali [19]
No photo.svg Minister of Labour Nadia al Rawabdeh
No photo.svg Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Saleh Ali Al-Kharabsheh [20]
Al-Ississ WEF High Resolution.jpg Minister of Finance Mohamad Al Ississ
Shikh-mohammaad-alkhalailah-2023.jpg Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Mohammad Khalayleh [21]
No photo.svg Minister of Culture Haifa Najjar [22]
No photo.svg Minister of Social Development Wafaa Bani Mustafa [6] [12]
No photo.svg Minister of Interior Mazin Abdellah Hilal Al Farrayeh [23]
No photo.svg Minister of Health Firas Al-Hawari [24]
No photo.svg Minister of Political and Parliamentary Affairs Haditha Jamal Haditha Al-Khreisha [25]
No photo.svg Minister of Water and Irrigation Raed Abu Soud [11]
No photo.svg Minister of Youth Mohammad Salameh Al Nabulsi
No photo.svg Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship Ahmad Hanandeh
No photo.svg Minister of Investment Kholoud Saqqaf [12] [11]
Zeina Toukan - 2023 (cropped).jpg Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Zeina Toukan [11] [26]

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