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Jordan Government 1996
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
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Administrative divisions:
8 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Al Balqa', Al Karak, Al
Mafraq, 'Amman, At Tafilah, Az Zarqa', Irbid, Ma'an
25 May 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)
Independence Day, 25 May (1946)
based on Islamic law and French codes; judicial review of legislative acts
in a specially provided High Tribunal; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
20 years of age; universal
King HUSSEIN Bin Talal Al Hashimi (since 11 August 1952)
Prime Minister Zayd BIN SHAKIR (since 8 January 1995)
Cabinet appointed by the monarch
bicameral National Assembly (Majlis al-'Umma)
House of Notables (Majlis al-A'ayan):
consists of a 40-member body appointed by the king from designated
categories of public figures
House of Representatives:
elections last held 8 November 1993 (next to be held NA November 1997);
results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (80 total) Muslim Brotherhood
(fundamentalist) 16, Independent Islamic bloc (generally traditionalist) 6,
Radical leftist 3, pro-government 55
the House of Representatives has been convened and dissolved by the King
several times since 1974 and in November 1989 the first parliamentary
elections in 22 years were held
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Political parties and leaders:
Al-'Ahd (Pledge) Party, Sec. Gen. 'Abd al-Hadi al-MAJALI; Al-Ahrar
(Liberals) Party, Sec. Gen. Ahmad al-ZU'BI; Al-Hurriyah (Freedom) Party,
Sec. Gen. Fawwaz al-ZUBI; Al-Watan (Homeland) Party, leader 'Akif al-FAYIZ;
Al-Yaqazah (Awakening) Party, Sec. Gen. 'Abd al-Ra'uf al-RAWABIDAH;
Constitutional Jordanian Arab Front Party, leader Milhim al-TALL; Democratic
Arab Islamic Movement Party-Du'a', Sec. Gen. Yusuf Abu BAKR; Democratic Arab
Unionist Party-Wad, Sec. Gen. Anis al-MU'ASHIR; Islamic Action Front (IAF),
Sec. Gen. Ishaq al-FARHAN; Jordanian Arab Democratic Party, Sec. Gen. Mu'nis
al-RAZZAZ; Jordanian Arab Masses Party, Sec. Gen. 'Abd al-Khaliq SHATAT;
Jordanian Arab Socialist Ba'th Party, Command First Secretary Taysir
al-HIMSI; Jordanian Communist Party (JCP), Sec. Gen. Ya'qub ZAYADIN;
Jordanian Democratic Popular Unity Party, Sec. Gen. 'Azmi al-KHAWAJA;
Jordanian Democratic Progressive Party, Sec. Gen. 'Ali 'AMIR; Jordanian
National Alliance Party, Sec. Gen. Mijhim al-KHURAYSHAH; Jordanian People's
Democratic Party-Hashd, Sec. Gen. Taysir al-ZIBRI; Jordanian Socialist
Democratic Party, Sec. Gen. 'Isa MADANAT; Pan-Arab Action Front Party, Sec.
Gen. Muhammad al-ZU'BI; Popular Unity Party-the Unionists, Sec. Gen. Talal
al-RAMAHI; Progress and Justice Party, Sec. Gen. 'Ali al-SA'D; Progressive
Arab Ba'th Party, Command Secretary Mahmud al-MA'AYITAH; Al-Mustaqbal
(Future) Party, Sec. Gen. Sulayman 'ARAR
ABEDA, ACC, AFESD, AL, AMF, CAEU, CCC, ESCWA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,
ICC, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL,
IOC, IOM (observer), ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OIC, PCA, UN, UNAVEM II,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOMIL, UNOMOZ, UNPROFOR, UNRWA, UPU, WFTU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Diplomatic representation in US:
Ambassador Fayiz A. TARAWNEH
3504 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008
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US diplomatic representation:
Ambassador Wesley E. EGAN, Jr.
P. O. Box 354, Amman 11118 Jordan; APO AE 09892-0200
three equal horizontal bands of black (top), white, and green with a red
isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bearing a small white
seven-pointed star; the seven points on the star represent the seven
fundamental laws of the Koran
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