This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Jordan Politics, sometimes defined as the art and science of government. ... Image File history File links Jordan_coa. ... This article describes the Politics of Jordan Jordan is a constitutional monarchy based on the constitution promulgated on January 8, 1952. ...
The Jordanian monarchy was set up in 1921, with help from the British. ... His Majesty King Abdullah II bin al-Hussein. ... Categories: Jordan | Prime Ministers of Jordan ... Marouf al-Bakhit, also known as Marouf al-Bakheet (born 1947) is the prime minister of Jordan. ... Political parties in Jordan lists political parties in Jordan. ... Politics of Jordan Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Jordan ... The foreign relations of Jordan have consistently followed a pro-Western foreign policy and traditionally Jordan has had close relations with the United States and the United Kingdom. ...
The lower house of the National Assembly (Majlis al-Umma) of Jordan is Chamber of Deputies (Majlis al-Nuwaab). It has 110 members, 104 elected for a four year term in single-seat constituencies and 6 female members by a special electoral college. 9 and 3 seats are reserved to Christians and Chechens/Circassians. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ...
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King Hussein ruled Jordan from 1953 to 1999, surviving a number of challenges to his rule, drawing on the loyalty of his military, and serving as a symbol of unity and stability for both the East Bank and Palestinian communities in Jordan.
Jordan exported $6.9 million in goods to the U.S. in 1997, when two-way trade was $395 million; it exported $1.02 billion in 2004 and $406 million in the first five months of 2005, with two-way trade at $1.57 billion and $636 million respectively.
Jordan is classified by the World Bank as a "lower middle income country." The per capita GDP, as reported by the Government of Jordan, was $2,164 for 2004, and 13.4% of the economically active population was unemployed at the end of 2004.
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