The Cabinet 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 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 " no confidence" by that body or be dismissed by the King. On 12 October 2020, a royal decree by King Abdullah II 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 o ...

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

Current Cabinet

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

(Chairman) as Prime Minister and Minister of Defence # Tawfiq Kreishan as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Local Administration # Ayman Safadi as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates # Khaled Musa Al Henefat as Minister of Agriculture #

Wajih Azaizeh Wajih Tayeib Azaizeh (born 1955 in Irbid) is the Jordanian Minister of Political and Parliamentary Affairs. He was appointed as minister on 27 October 2022. Previously he had served as Minister of Transport from 7 March until 27 October 2022. E ...

as Minister for Political and Parliamentary Affairs #

Faisal Shboul Faisal Shboul is the Jordanian Minister of Government Communications. He was appointed as minister on 27 October 2022. Previously he had served as Minister of State for Media Affairs from 11 October 2021 until 27 October 2022. Education Shbou ...

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 Planni ...

as Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of State for Public Sector Modernisation #

Zeina Toukan Zeina Toukan is the Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation. She was appointed as minister on 27 October 2022. Education Toukan holds a Bachelor of Economics from the American University in Cairo and a Master of Developme ...

as Minister of Planning and International Cooperation #

Ahmad Maher Abul Samen Ahmad Maher Tawfeeq Abul Samen (born 1957) is the Jordanian Minister of Public Works and Housing and Minister of Transport. He was appointed as minister on 27 October 2022. Education Samen holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University o ...

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 Nancy Namrouqa (born 1 June 1974 in Amman) is the Jordanian Minister of State for Legal Affairs. She was appointed on 27 October 2022. Education Namrouqa holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Public Law (2016) from the Amman Arab University. ...

as Minister of State for Legal Affairs # Ahmad Nouri Ziadat as Minister of Justice #

Yousef Shamali Yousef Al Shamali is the Jordanian Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply. He was appointed as minister on 11 October 2021. Previously he had served as Minister of Labor since 29 March 2021 in Bisher Al-Khasawneh's Cabinet led by Prime Minister ...

as Minister of Industry, Trade, and Supply and Minister of Labour #

Saleh Ali Al-Kharabsheh Saleh Ali Al-Kharabsheh is the Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources. He was appointed as minister on 11 October 2021. Education Kharabsheh holds a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (1991) from the University of Burdwan, a Mas ...

as Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources #

Mohamad Al Ississ Mohamad Al Ississ is the Jordanian Minister of Finance. He was appointed as minister in November 2019. Previously he had served as Minister of Planning and International Cooperation and Minister of State for Economic Affairs in Omar Razzaz's Cabi ...

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", ...

Mohammad Khalayleh Mohammad Ahmad Muslim Al Khalayleh (born 1967) is the 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 Europ ...

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 ...

as Minister of Culture #

Muawieh Radaideh Muawieh Khalid Radaideh is the Jordanian Minister of Environment Born on 7 October 1969. He was appointed as minister on 11 October 2021. Education Radaideh holds a PhD in civil and environmental engineering from the Brigham Young University ...

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 Mazin Abdellah Hilal Al Farrayeh (born 1969) is the Jordanian Minister of Interior. He was appointed as minister on 7 March 2020. Education Al Farrayeh holds a Bachelor in Public Administration and a Bachelor in Military Sciences from Mutah U ...

Minister of Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

Firas Al-Hawari Firas Ibrahim Al-Hawari is the Jordanian Minister of Health. He was appointed as minister on 29 March 2021. Education Hawari holds a bachelor's degree in medicine from the University of Jordan (1992) and completed an Internal Medicine Residen ...

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 Master or ...

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

References

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Government of Jordan

Current Cabinet

See also

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