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18th Parliament Of Jordan
The 18th Parliament of Jordan was elected at the 2016 Jordanian general election. 130 members were elected and had the right to sit in the National Assembly of Jordan. The parliament was opened on 7 November 2016 when Abdullah II of Jordan, King Abdullah II inaugurated the first regular session of the new parliament with a speech from the throne. The King dissolved the parliament on 27 September 2020. List of members The names of the council members are in alphabetical order: # Ibtisam Youssef Khalil Al-Nawafleh # Ibrahim Hussein Al-Ali Bani Hani # Ibrahim Abdel-Razzaq Suleiman Abu Al-Ezz # Ibrahim Mahfouz Atallah Al-Badour # Ibrahim Mohammed Salman Abu Sayed # Ibrahim Musharraf Al-Radwan Al-Quran # Ahmed Ibrahim Salama Al-Hmisat # Ahmed Hassan Suleiman Al-Fraihat # Ahmed Salama Faleh Al-Lozy # Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Safadi # Intisar Badi Mustafa Hegazy # Andrei Murad Mahmoud Abdel-Jalil Hawari # Insaf Ahmed Salama Al-Khawaldeh # Ahmed Suleiman Awad Al-Raqab # Barakat Kamel Abdul ...
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2016 Jordanian General Election
General elections were held in Jordan on 20 September 2016 to elect the 18th House of Representatives. The elections were announced after parliament was dissolved by King Abdullah II on 29 May 2016, with the King appointing Hani Mulki as interim Prime Minister following the resignation of Abdullah Ensour. Following electoral reforms announced in 2015, the elections were the first since 1989 to be held primarily under a form of proportional representation; intervening elections had been held under the single non-transferable vote system, which systematically disadvantaged Islamist political parties, and had been introduced after they won 22 of the 80 seats in the 1989 elections. The reforms led to opposition parties deciding to contest the elections, including the Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, which had boycotted several previous elections, including in 2010 and 2013. Splits in the Muslim Brotherhood before the elections led to the defectio ...
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National Assembly Of Jordan
The Parliament of Jordan ( ar, مجلس الأمة ') is the bicameral Jordanian national assembly. Established by the 1952 Constitution, the legislature consists of two houses: the Senate ( ar, مجلس الأعيان ''Majlis Al-Aayan'') and the House of Representatives ( ar, مجلس النواب ''Majlis Al-Nuwaab''). The Senate has 65 members, all of whom are directly appointed by the King, while the House of Representatives has 130 elected members, with nine seats reserved for Christians, three are for Chechen and Circassian minorities, and fifteen for women. The members of both houses serve for four-year terms."World Factbook: Jordan"
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Abdullah II Of Jordan
Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein ( ar, عبدالله الثاني بن الحسين , translit=ʿAbd Allāh aṯ-ṯānī ibn al-Ḥusayn; born 30 January 1962) 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. Abdullah was born in Amman as the first child of King Hussein and his second wife, Princess Muna. As the king's eldest son, Abdullah was heir apparent until Hussein transferred the title to Abdullah's uncle, Prince Hassan, in 1965. Abdullah began his schooling in Amman, continuing his education abroad. He began his military career in 1980 as a training officer in the Jordanian Armed Forces, later assuming command of the country's Special Forces in 1994, eventually becoming a major general in 1998. In 1993 Abdullah married Rania Al-Yassin, and they went on to have four c ...
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Ibtisam Youssef Khalil Al-Nawafleh
Ibtisam Youssef Khalil Al-Nawafleh (born 1967) is a Jordanian politician from Ma'an Governorate. She is a member of the House of Representatives. See also * 18th Parliament of Jordan The 18th Parliament of Jordan was elected at the 2016 Jordanian general election. 130 members were elected and had the right to sit in the National Assembly of Jordan. The parliament was opened on 7 November 2016 when Abdullah II of Jordan, King A ... References Living people 1967 births 21st-century Jordanian politicians 21st-century Jordanian women politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Jordan) People from Ma'an Governorate {{Jordan-politician-stub ...
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Parliament Of Jordan
The Parliament of Jordan ( ar, مجلس الأمة ') is the bicameral Jordanian national assembly. Established by the 1952 Constitution, the legislature consists of two houses: the Senate ( ar, مجلس الأعيان ''Majlis Al-Aayan'') and the House of Representatives ( ar, مجلس النواب ''Majlis Al-Nuwaab''). The Senate has 65 members, all of whom are directly appointed by the King, while the House of Representatives has 130 elected members, with nine seats reserved for Christians, three are for Chechen and Circassian minorities, and fifteen for women. The members of both houses serve for four-year terms."World Factbook: Jordan"
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency


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2016 Establishments In Jordan
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