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.
Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein is King of Jordan,having ascended the throne on 7 February 1999. He is a member of the Hashemite dynasty,who have been the reigning royal family of Jordan since 1921,and is considered a 41st-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Harvard Kennedy School (HKS),officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government,is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge,Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy,public administration,and international development,four doctoral degrees,and various executive education programs. It conducts research in subjects relating to politics,government,international affairs,and economics. As of 2021,HKS had an endowment of $1.7 billion. It is a member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA),a global consortium of schools that trains leaders in international affairs.
Rania Al Abdullah is Queen of Jordan,as the wife of King Abdullah II.
Jomo Kwame Sundaram is a Malaysian economist. He is a senior adviser at the Khazanah Research Institute,visiting fellow at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue,Columbia University,and an adjunct professor at the International Islamic University (IIUM).
The Hashemite Arab Federation was a short-lived confederation that lasted from 14 February to 2 August 1958,between the Hashemite kingdoms of Iraq and Jordan. Although the name implies a federal structure,it was de facto a confederation.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah is a senior member of the Kuwaiti royal family and has held various key positions as a politician,economist,and diplomat. He served as the Prime Minister of Kuwait from 17 January 2024 to 15 May 2024. Prior to his premiership,he was the Deputy Prime Minister of Kuwait,contributing significantly to the nation’s governance and international relations.
The Iraqi Republic,colloquially known as the First Iraqi Republic,as well as Qasimist Iraq (1958–1963) and Nasserist Iraq (1963–1968),was a state forged in 1958 under the rule of President Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i and Prime Minister Abdul-Karim Qasim. ar-Ruba'i and Qasim first came to power through the 14 July Revolution in which the Kingdom of Iraq's Hashemite dynasty was overthrown. As a result,the Kingdom and the Arab Federation were dissolved and the Iraqi republic established. Arab nationalists later took power and overthrew Qasim in the Ramadan Revolution in February 1963,and then Nasserists consolidated their power after another coup in November 1963. The era ended with the Ba'athist rise to power in a coup in July 1968.
Raed M. Abu Soud is a Jordanian engineer and politician. He has held several key positions in a number of Jordanian Government Cabinets,with his first appointment being that of Jordanian Minister of Transportation between 2000 and 2003. He also served as Jordanian Minister of Public Works and Housing in two cabinets between 2003 and 2005,and held the position of Jordanian Minister of Water and Irrigation in 2005,between November 2007 and December 2009,once again between October 2018 and March 2021 and since 27 September 2023.
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.
Bassem I. Awadallah is a Jordanian public figure. He is the chief executive officer of Tomoh Advisory,based in Dubai,UAE and serves as a member of the board of directors of Al Baraka Banking Group in Bahrain. In 2006 Awadallah was appointed as the director of the Office of King Abdullah II and was appointed chief of the Royal Hashemite Court of Jordan in 2007.
Mary Nazzal-Batayneh is a Barrister,social entrepreneur,and impact investor whose career has focused on achieving social justice. Named as one of Forbes magazine's "Most Powerful Arab Women",she has been recognised for her legal activism,business success,and community impact.
Rana Dajani is a Palestinian-Jordanian molecular biologist and tenured professor of biology and biotechnology at Hashemite University. She earned her Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Iowa. Dajani is an expert on genetics of Circassian and Chechen populations in Jordan,also on conducting genome-wide association studies on diabetes and cancer on stem cells. Her work in stem cell research initiated the development of the Stem Cell Research Ethics Law and all regulations in Jordan. She is an advocate for the biological evolution theory in relation to the religion of Islam,and believes strongly in the education and empowerment of women,being a member of the United Nations Women Jordan Advisory Council. She is the recipient of the Jordan's Order of Al Hussein for Distinguished Contributions of the Second Class.
Yasera Ghosheh is a Jordanian businessman,politician and Minister of Public Sector Development.
Omar Razzaz is a Jordanian politician who served as the 42nd Prime Minister of Jordan from June 14,2018 to October 12,2020. He was designated to form a new government on 5 June 2018 after his predecessor resigned as a result of widespread protests against IMF-backed austerity measures in the country.
This article lists the members of prime minister Omar Razzaz's cabinet. Razzaz assumed office on 4 June 2018. He was sworn in along with his cabinet on 14 June 2018.
Jumana Ghunaimat is a Jordanian journalist and media figure,and is the former Minister of State for Media Affairs and Government Spokesperson in Prime Minister Omar Al-Razzaz's cabinet on 14 June 2018. She currently occupies the position of Jordan's ambassador to Morocco.
Bisher Khasawneh is a Jordanian politician and diplomat who has been serving as the 43rd Prime Minister of Jordan and Minister of Defence since 12 October 2020.
Zeina Toukan is the Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation. She was appointed as minister on 27 October 2022.
Jafar Hassan is a Jordanian diplomat and government official.
