Some 12 new ministers in the new Jordanian government
The new Jordanian government chaired by Ali Abu al-Ragheb on Monday evening took its constitutional oath before the Jordanian King Abdullah II.
The new Jordanian government included four deputies for the prime minister, and 25 ministers. It also included some 12 new faces, besides 10 ministers from the former government of the resigned premier Abdul Raouf al-Rawabdah.
Among them are the Foreign Minister Abdul Illah al-Khatib while other 8 kept their same ministries and two others changed their ministries. The following is the new government formation in Jordan: Ali Abu al-Ragheb prime minister and a defense minister, Awad Khleifat as a deputy premier and minister of the interior; Saleh Arshidat is a deputy premier and minister of state for the Cabinet affairs; Fares al-Nabulsi as a deputy premier and minister of justice; Muhammad al-Halayeqa as deputy premier and minister of state for economic affairs; Abdul Salaam al-Abbadi as minister of al-Awqaf and Islamic shrines; tareq Sheimat as a minister of health; Muhammad Zneibat as a minister of state for administrative development affairs; Youssef al-Dalabeij minister of state for parliamentary affairs; Abdul Illah al-Khatib as minister of foreign affairs; Aqel Beltaji as minister of tourism; Michael Martu as minister of finance; Eid al-Fayez as a minister of labor; Hosni Abu Gheida as minister for public works and housing; Saeed Shaqam as a minister of youths and sports, Wael Sabri as a minister of energy and mineral resources; Taleb al-refaee as minister of information; Khaled Touqan as minister of education; Abdul Rahim al-Akkour as minister of municipal areas and the environment, Mahmoud al-Kayed, as a minister of education; Zuheir Zannoun as a minister of agriculture; Adel Shareida as a minister of state; Asif Azer as a minister of commerce and industry; Jawad hadid as a minister of planning; Hatem Helwani as a minister of waters and irrigations; Muhammad al-Kalaldeh as a minister of transport; Deif Allah al-Masaídeh as a minister of state for legal affairs; Mrs Tammam al-Ghoul as a minister of social development; Fawaz Hatem al-Zou'bi as a minister of telecommunications.