2022 In Jordan
Events in the year 2022 in Jordan. Incumbents * Monarch – Abdullah II of Jordan * Prime Minister of Jordan – Bisher Al-Khasawneh Events * 27 June – A chlorine gas leak at Aqaba port kills 13 people and injures at least 260 people. * 15 November – Ahmed Safadi is elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. * 15 December – 2022 Jordanian protests begin over rising fuel prices. References 2022 in Jordan Jordan 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 ... 2020s in Jordan Years of the 21st century in Jordan {{Jordan-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Kings Of Jordan
The king of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is Jordan's head of state and monarch. He serves as the head of the Jordanian monarchy—the Hashemite dynasty. The king is addressed as His Majesty (). Jordan is a constitutional monarchy. However, the king is vested with somewhat more executive and legislative power than is typically the case for constitutional monarchs. He is commander-in-chief of the Jordanian Armed Forces and appoints the Prime Minister of Jordan and the directors of security agencies. He also appoints the members of the upper house, the Senate, as well as the members of the Constitutional Court. The current king, Abdullah II, took the throne on 7 February 1999 following the death of his father, Hussein. History The sons of Hussein bin Ali, the Grand Emir and Sharif of Mecca were set up as the kings of Iraq and Jordan in the aftermath of the Arab Revolt and World War I. The Jordanian monarchy was set up in 1921, with Abdullah I becoming Emir of the Emirat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prime Minister Of Jordan
The prime minister of Jordan is the head of government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The prime minister is appointed by the king of Jordan, who is then free to form his own Cabinet. The Parliament of Jordan then approves the programs of the new government through a vote of confidence A motion of no confidence, also variously called a vote of no confidence, no-confidence motion, motion of confidence, or vote of confidence, is a statement or vote about whether a person in a position of responsibility like in government or mana .... There are no constitutional limits on a prime minister's term, and several of them served multiple non-consecutive terms. List of prime ministers See also * Politics of Jordan References {{DEFAULTSORT:Prime Minister of Jordan 1946 establishments in Jordan Politics of Jordan Government of Jordan Prime Ministry of Jordan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 Jordan to Egypt, France, Kenya, Ethiopia, African Union, League of Arab States, and to UNESCO. He also served as Coordinator General and Director of the Peace Process and Negotiations Bureau in Jordan. He served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs between 2016 and 2017. He subsequently was Minister of State for Legal Affairs between 2017 and 2018. He served as the adviser to King Abdullah II for Communication and Coordination at The Royal Hashemite Court between April 2019 and August 2020. Until his appointment as Prime Ministerm Al-Khasawneh served as the adviser to the King for policies. Life and career Al-Khasawneh's father Hani was a leader of the Ba'ath Party. He studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies and then ob ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2022 Aqaba Toxic Gas Leak
On 27 June 2022, a toxic gas leak occurred at the Port of Aqaba, Jordan, when a container carrying 25 tons of chlorine fell from a crane onto a docked ship and ruptured. The incident killed at least thirteen people and injured more than 265 people. Accident On 27 June 2022, 16:15 local time, a crane was loading one of several pressurized chemical storage containers onto the container ship ''Forest 6'' for export to Djibouti. The crane's cabling system failed, and one container, containing about of chlorine fell onto the ship and ruptured, causing the chemical to burst from the container. A cloud of bright, yellow gas spread throughout the port as people ran away. This accident caused thirteen deaths and 265 injuries at the port. According to Haj Hassan, deputy chief of the Aqaba Region Ports Authority, an "iron rope carrying a container containing a toxic substance broke, resulting in the fall and escape of the poisonous substance". The ship was waiting to load an additional 20 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ahmed Safadi
Ahmed Muhammad Al-Safadi is a Jordanian independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independe ... politician who was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives on 15 November 2022. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Jordanian politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Jordan) Speakers of the House of Representatives (Jordan) {{Jordan-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Speakers Of The House Of Representatives Of Jordan
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jordan is the presiding officer of House of Representatives (Jordan). Members of the House of Representatives elect a speaker for one year at the beginning of each session. The Speaker remains in office up to the beginning of the next session, and can be re-elected. Source: References See also * List of speakers of the Chamber of Deputies of Jordan * Parliament of Jordan {{DEFAULTSORT:Speakers of the Chamber of Deputies of Jordan Politics of Jordan 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 Ri ... * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2022 Jordanian Protests
A series of protests began in Jordan on 15 December 2022, over rising gas prices. History The protesting workers, which include goods and passenger transport drivers, are demanding reduction in fuel prices and cancellation of special taxes on fuel derivatives. So far, one senior police officer has been killed after being shot in the head, and three more were killed during a raid carried out to arrest the suspects. One of the suspects, described as a "fighter", was killed. There have also been reports of anti-riot police throwing tear gas during the protests, and youths have clashed with police northeast of Amman. Protesters have staged in the Tafiyla neighborhood of Amman, where police have clashed with protesters saying anti-government slogans. Youths burned tires on a main highway between Amman and the Dead Sea, disrupting the traffic, and highways connecting Amman to Irbid and Karak have been shut down. Youths also clashed with police in several neighborhoods in Irbid threw s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2022 In Jordan
Events in the year 2022 in Jordan. Incumbents * Monarch – Abdullah II of Jordan * Prime Minister of Jordan – Bisher Al-Khasawneh Events * 27 June – A chlorine gas leak at Aqaba port kills 13 people and injures at least 260 people. * 15 November – Ahmed Safadi is elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. * 15 December – 2022 Jordanian protests begin over rising fuel prices. References 2022 in Jordan Jordan 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 ... 2020s in Jordan Years of the 21st century in Jordan {{Jordan-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2020s In Jordan
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complica ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |