The Ministry of Defence ( ar, وزارة الدفاع الاردنية) of the
Hashemite Kingdom of 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 ...
is the
ministry in the
Government of Jordan
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 J ...
responsible for
defence of Jordan. It is also involved with
internal security
Internal security is the act of keeping peace within the borders of a sovereign state or other self-governing territories, generally by upholding the national law and defending against internal security threats. Responsibility for internal secur ...
.
Prime Minister Rashid Al-Madfai was the first to assume the position of Minister of Defense in Jordan in the government
Tawfik Abu Al-Huda in 1939.
Following the king’s direction in August 2014, the government established the Ministry of Defense which assumed the political, economic, legal and logistic functions related to national defence.
The ministry also took control of non-military logistic, administrative, investment and development duties. Furthermore, the General Command of the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) handed over control of those duties not associated with specialized professional military services.
The Ministry was also given the responsibility to regulate the relationship with retired military personnel and veterans.
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Defence
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Military of Jordan
2004 establishments in Jordan