King Abdullah has appointed the president of the free trade area in Aqaba as the new prime minister of Jordan, less than a week after the country’s parliamentary elections.
Nader Dahabi was sworn in on 25 November. His 27-member cabinet was appointed later the same day.
Cabinet members ofJordan- sworn in before His Majesty King Abdullah II onSunday 25 November 2007 | |
Title | Name |
Prime Minister and Minister of Defence | Nader Dahabi |
Minister of Interior | Eid Fayez |
Minister of Political Development and Minister of State for Legal Affairs | KamalNasser |
Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications | Nasser Judeh |
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs | Abdul Rahim Okour |
Minister of Agriculture | Muzahim Muhaisin |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Salah Bashir |
Minister of Water and Irrigation | Raed Abu Saud |
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation | Suhair Al-Ali |
Minister of Environment | Khalid Irani |
Minister of Labour | Bassem Salem |
Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs | Abdul Fattah Salah |
Minister of Information and Communications Technology | Bassem Roussan |
Minister of Finance | Hamad Kasasbeh |
Minister of Health | Salah Mawajdeh |
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities | Maha Khatib |
Minister of Social Development | Hala Latouf |
Minister of Municipal Affairs | Shihadeh Abu Hdeib |
Minister of Public Sector Reform | Maher Madadha |
Minister of Education | Tayseer Nueimi |
Minister of Industry and Trade | Amer Hadidi |
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research | Omar Shdeifat |
Minister of Culture | Nancy Bakir |
Minister of Transport | Alaa Batayneh |
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources | Khaldoun Qteishat |
Minister of Public Works and Housing | Sahl Majali |
Minister of State for Prime Ministry Affairs | Thouqan Qudah |
Minister of Justice | Ayman Odeh |
Finance Minister Hamad Kasasbeh will deliver the first budget of Dahabi’s government in December after keeping his post.
Kasasbeh was made Finance Minister in August, after former finance minister Ziad Fariz resigned because fellow ministers would not back his plan to cut petrol subsidies.
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