Seven new ministers in the government of Abu al-Ragheb
According to a royal decree issued on Monday, the Jordanian prime Minister Ali Abu al-Ragheb formed the new Jordanian government as follows.
Ali Abu al-Ragheb as a prime minister and minister of defense, Fares al-Nabulsi as a minister of justice and minister of state for legal affairs; Muhammad al-Haleyqa minister of the national economy and minister of state; Mustafa al-Qeisi minister of state for the Cabinet affairs; Andul Razzaq teishat the minister of municipality and rural affairs; Muhammad Affash al-Idwan the minister of state for political affairs and information minister; Muhammad al-Zuneibat the minister for administrative development; Marwan al-Mashar as the foreign minister and Michael Maru minister of finance; Hosni Abu Gheida minister of public works and housing, Taleb al-refai minister of tourism and antiquities, Khaled Toukan minister of education; Tamam al-Foul minister of social development; Fawaz Hatem al-Zou'bi minister of telecommunications; Ahmad Hlil minister of al-Awqaf and Islamic holy sites; Muhammad al-Bateynah minister of energy and mineral resources; Hazem al-Naser minister of waters and irrigation; Faleh al-Nasser minister of health; Nader al- Zahabi minister of transport; Mahmoud al-Deiri minister of agriculture; Basem Awad minister of planning; Muzahem al-Moheisen minister of labor; Salah eddine al-Bashir minister of industry and commerce; Shaher Baak minister of state for foreign affairs; Qaftan al-Majali minister of the Interior; Walid al-Maani minister of higher education and scientific research and Haidar Mahmoud the minister of culture.
The prime minister and the ministers took their oath before King Abdullah II who stressed that the new government has to carry out the new parliamentary elections with transparency. He set five main tasks before the new government which are preserving national unity, consolidating the militant march, withstanding economic risks, backing the armed forces and the security force, backing the Palestinian cause and standing with the " Arab brothers."
Seven new ministers joined the new government. They are Mustafa al-Qeisi, Muhammad Affash al-Idawan, Marwan al-Mashaar, Shaher Baak; Qaftan al-Majali; and Walid al-Maani and Haidar Mahmoud However,it was officially announced in Amman on Monday that resignation of the Jordanian government of Ali Abu al-Ragheb was accepted and Abu al-Ragheb himself was assigned to form the new government.
A royal decree was issued on accepting the resignation and assigning for forming the new government in preparations to hold the forthcoming parliamentary elections during this year.
A statement released by the Jordanian royal court said that King Abdullah II received members of the resigned government and expressed his thanks to the resigned ministers for their performance during the period when they were in power.
The Jordanian King stressed the importance of the participation of all Jordanian citizens in the forthcoming parliamentary elections in the country.
Abu al-Ragheb made a reshuffle on his government which was the third on 19th October 2001. He formed the government in Jordan for the first time on June 19, 2000.