Jordanian King Abdullah II approved a new amendment in the government of Prime Minister Bishr Al-Khasawneh that included 10 ministries.
This came according to a decree announced by the royal court in a statement today, Sunday, and this is the second amendment that the Al-Khasawneh government has witnessed since its formation on October 12, 2020.
According to the decree, Al-Khasawneh removed 7 ministers from his government, including his deputy for economic affairs and the ministers of education, transport, culture, water, agriculture and the state to develop institutional performance, except for the two resigning ministers a few days ago, the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Interior.
He also appointed 5 new ministers, most notably Brigadier General Mazen Al-Faraya as Minister of Interior, who was the Director of Corona Crisis Cell Operations.
Last Wednesday, Al-Khasawneh asked his ministers to submit their resignations, in preparation for the amendment, a week after the resignation of Interior Minister Samir Al-Mobaideen, and Justice Bassam Al-Talhouni at his request, on the pretext of "violating measures to combat Corona."
The amendment also included merging the Ministry of Education with higher education, separating the Ministry of Labor from the Ministry of State for Investment Affairs, and canceling the latter, while its Minister Maan Al-Qatameen kept the first bag (labor).
Mahmoud Kharabsheh was transferred from his position as Minister of State to the Ministry of State for Legal Affairs, replacing Ahmed Ziyadat, who took over the justice portfolio.
Ali Al-Ayed was transferred from the Ministry of State for Information Affairs to the Ministry of Culture, and replaced him in the first, Sakher Dudin.
On December 2, Al-Khasawneh made the first change to his government by appointing Mobaideen as Minister of Interior to succeed his predecessor Tawfiq Al-Halimah, who resigned following legal violations that accompanied the recent elections to the House of Representatives.
This government is the 19th since the Jordanian monarch assumed his powers in 1999.