The Cabinet of

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is led by the

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who is appointed by the

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. The Prime Minister is then free to form his own cabinet which is responsible to the

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on matters of general policy and can be forced to resign by a two-thirds vote of "

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" by that body or be dismissed by the King. On 12 October 2020, a

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King Abdullah II 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 t ...

approved of

Bisher Al-Khasawneh Bisher Al-Khasawneh ( ar, بشر الخصاونة; born 27 January 1969) is a Jordanian politician and diplomat who is serving as the 43rd Prime Minister of Jordan and Minister of Defence since 12 October 2020. Al-Khasawneh was an ambassador of ...

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and was sworn in. The cabinet was reshuffled on 6 March 2021.

Current Cabinet

The

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Cabinet of Jordan (Council of Ministers) includes the following members: #

(Chairman) as Prime Minister and

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Tawfiq Kreishan Minister of Municipal Affairs Tawfiq Kreishan (Arabic : توفيق كريشان ) (born 1947) is a Jordanian politician serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Municipal Affairs in Bisher Al-Khasawneh's Cabinet since 12 October 2020. He ...

as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Local Administration #

Ayman Safadi Ayman Safadi (Arabic: أيمن الصفدي ''ʾayman aṣ-ṣafadī'') (born 15 January 1962) is a Jordanian politician who serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Safadi is a member of the Jordanian Druze community. ...

as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates # Khaled Musa Al Henefat as Minister of Agriculture # Wajih Azaizeh as Minister for Political and Parliamentary Affairs # Faisal Shboul as Minister of Government Communications #

Nasser Shraideh Nasser Sultan Shraideh (born 1967) is the Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of State for Public Sector Modernisation. He was appointed as minister on 27 October 2022. Previously he had served as Minister of Plannin ...

as Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of State for Public Sector Modernisation # Zeina Toukan as Minister of Planning and International Cooperation # Ahmad Maher Abul Samen as Minister of Public Works and Housing and Minister of Transport # Nayef Al Fayez as Minister of Tourism and Antiquities # Ibrahim Jazi as Minister of State for Prime Ministry Affairs # Nancy Namrouqa as Minister of State for Legal Affairs # Ahmad Nouri Ziadat as

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# Yousef Shamali as Minister of Industry, Trade, and Supply and Minister of Labour # Saleh Ali Al-Kharabsheh as Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources # Mohamad Al Ississ as

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# Mohammad Khalayleh as Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs #

Haifa Najjar Haifa Yousef Fadel Najjar (born Zarqa, 1959) is the Jordanian Minister of Culture. She was appointed as minister on 11 October 2021. Education Najjar completed a degree in population studies at the University of Jordan before attaining a maste ...

Minister of Culture A culture minister or a heritage minister is a common cabinet position in governments. The culture minister is typically responsible for cultural policy, which often includes arts policy (direct and indirect support to artists and arts organizati ...

# Muawieh Radaideh as Minister of Environment # Wafaa Bani Mustafa as Minister of Social Development # Azmi Mahafzah as Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research # Mazin Abdellah Hilal Al Farrayeh as

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# Firas Al-Hawari as Minister of Health # Mohammed Al Najjar as Minister of Water and Irrigation #

Mohammad Salameh Al Nabulsi Mohammad Salameh Al Nabulsi is the Jordanian Minister of Youth. He was appointed as minister on 12 October 2020. Education Al Nabulsi holds a Bachelor in Political Studies (2004) from the American University of Beirut and a Master in Developm ...

as Minister of Youth # Ahmad Hanandeh as Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship # Kholoud Saqqaf as Minister of Investment

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Government of Jordan

Current Cabinet

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