Municipal council ( ar, المجلس البلدي ') is the elected assembly of the Municipality in
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
. The first municipal councils were established in Jordan in 1925, and were elected consistently till today.
The latest amendment to the Municipalities law divided the Kingdom into 100 municipalities; 82 municipalities with 355
local councils, and 18 municipalities with none (due to their small size). Each local council consists of 5 members, including at least one woman. The highest voted for members of the local council is assigned a seat in the municipal council, whose number depends on what is assigned to each local council.
See also
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Local council (Jordan)
Local council ( ar, المجلس المحلي ') is the elected assembly of a locality in Jordan. The first local councils were established in Jordan in 1925, and were elected consistently till today.
The latest amendment to the Municipalities la ...
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Governorate council (Jordan)
Governorate council ( ar, مجلس المحافظة ') is an elected local assembly in Jordan. The concept was founded by a 2015 decentralization law, and was first established in the 2017 local elections.
There are 12 governorate councils consis ...
References
Subdivisions of Jordan
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