The Senate has 65 members, all of whom are directly appointed by the king, while the House of Representatives has 130 elected members, with nine seats reserved for Christians, three are for Chechen and Circassian minorities, and fifteen for women.
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The Senate of Jordan is the upper house of the Jordanian Parliament which, along with the House of Representatives forms the legislature of Jordan.
While senators are appointed by the King, deputies of the lower house are directly elected by universal suffrage. Article 34 of the Constitution entitles the ...
Government and society. Constitutional framework. The 1952 constitution is the most recent of a series of legislative instruments that, both before and after ...
Jordan is a monarchy in which the king plays a dominant role in politics and governance. The parliament's lower house is elected, but the electoral system ...
Under the auspices of the EU Support to Jordanian Democratic Institutions & Development project (EU-JDID), the House of Representatives set out to introduce ...
Overview. Government Name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Constitution: Adopted: 1947, but revised and ratified in 1952; Established a constitutional monarchy ...
The constitution concentrates executive and legislative authority in the king. The multiparty parliament consists of the 55-member House of Notables (Majlis al- ...
Hon. Faisal El-Fayez, President Majlis Al-Aayan - Senate. Hon. Ahmad Safadi, President of the House of Representatives ...
