Jordan’s King Abdullah swore in a reformist government on Wednesday, officials said. The government is tasked with accelerating IMF-backed reforms and implementing political and economic modernization, which is crucial to reversing a decade of sluggish growth. The Harvard-educated prime minister, Jafar Hassan, headed the monarch’s office in his last job. According to officials and … Read more
Jordan’s King Abdullah has designated key palace aide Jafar Hassan as prime minister after the government resigned on Sunday, the royal court said, days after a parliamentary election in which the Islamist opposition made some gains in the US-allied kingdom. Hassan, now head of King Abdullah’s office and a former planning minister, replaces Bisher … Read more
Polls opened on Tuesday in Jordan’s first parliamentary elections under a new law aimed at diluting the strong impact of tribalism and bolstering political parties, with Islamists expected to gain support due to anger over the Israel-Hamas War. The 2022 electoral law is meant to be pave the way for political parties to play … Read more
