List of prime ministers of Jordan

Rashid Talaa was the first prime minister of Jordan in 1921.

Jafar Hassan is the current prime minister.

Tawfik Abu Al-Huda is the longest-serving prime minister.

Suleiman Nabulsi headed the only parliamentary government in Jordan's history.

The prime minister of Jordan is the head of government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

Since the establishment of the state as the Emirate of Transjordan in 1921, 44 people have held the position of prime minister, several of whom have served multiple non-consecutive terms. Tawfik Abu Al-Huda served for a total of 12 years and is considered the longest-serving prime minister.

Jordan's current constitution, which was promulgated in 1951, outlines that the prime minister is appointed by the king of Jordan, whose government must be approved through a vote of confidence by the elected lower chamber of Parliament, the House of Representatives. Jordan has had one parliamentary government in its history, the short-lived government led by Suleiman Nabulsi's National Socialist Party in 1956–57.

The incumbent prime minister is Jafar Hassan, who assumed office on 15 September 2024.

## List of officeholders

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† Died in office

No. | Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Election  | Term of office  | Political party  | King
(Reign)

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Took office  | Left office  | Time in office
• Emirate of Transjordan (1921–1946) •
1  |  | Rashid Talaa
(1877–1926) | —  | 11 April 1921  | 5 August 1921  | 116 days  | Istiqlal Party  | Abdullah

(1921–1946)
2  |  | Mazhar Raslan
(1886–1948) | —  | 15 August 1921  | 10 March 1922  | 207 days  | Independent
3  |  | Ali al-Rikabi
(1864–1943) | —  | 10 March 1922  | 1 February 1923  | 328 days  | Military
—  |  | Mazhar Raslan
(1886–1948)
Acting prime minister | —  | 1 February 1923  | 5 September 1923  | 216 days  | Independent
4  |  | Hasan Abu Al-Huda
(1871–1936) | —  | 5 September 1923  | 3 March 1924  | 180 days  | Independent
(3) |  | Ali al-Rikabi
(1864–1943) | —  | 3 March 1924  | 26 June 1926  | 2 years, 115 days  | Military
(4) |  | Hasan Abu Al-Huda
(1871–1936) | 1929 | 26 June 1926  | 22 February 1931  | 4 years, 241 days  | Independent
5  |  | Abd Allah Siraj
(1876–1949) | 1931 | 22 February 1931  | 18 October 1933  | 2 years, 238 days  | Independent
6  |  | Ibrahim Hashem
(1878–1958) | 1934
1937 | 18 October 1933  | 28 September 1938  | 4 years, 345 days  | Independent
7  |  | Tawfik Abu Al-Huda
(1894–1956) | 1942 | 28 September 1938  | 15 October 1944  | 6 years, 17 days  | Independent
8  |  | Samir Al-Rifai
(1901–1965) | —  | 15 October 1944  | 19 May 1945  | 216 days  | Independent
(6) |  | Ibrahim Hashem
(1878–1958) | —  | 19 May 1945  | 25 May 1946  | 1 year, 6 days  | Independent
• Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1946–present) •
(6) |  | Ibrahim Hashem
(1878–1958) | —  | 25 May 1946  | 4 February 1947  | 255 days  | Independent | Abdullah I

(1946–1951)
(8) |  | Samir Al-Rifai
(1901–1965) | 1947 | 4 February 1947  | 28 December 1947  | 327 days  | Independent
(7) |  | Tawfik Abu Al-Huda
(1894–1956) | —  | 28 December 1947  | 12 April 1950  | 2 years, 105 days  | Independent
9  |  | Sa'id Mufti
(1898–1989) | 1950 | 12 April 1950  | 4 December 1950  | 236 days  | Independent
(8) |  | Samir Al-Rifai
(1901–1965) | —  | 4 December 1950  | 25 July 1951  | 233 days  | Independent
(7) |  | Tawfik Abu Al-Huda
(1894–1956) | 1951 | 25 July 1951  | 5 May 1953  | 1 year, 284 days  | Independent | Talal

(1951–1952)
10  |  | Fawzi Mulki
(1910–1962) | —  | 5 May 1953  | 4 May 1954  | 364 days  | Independent | Hussein

(1952–1999)
(7) |  | Tawfik Abu Al-Huda
(1894–1956) | 1954 | 4 May 1954  | 30 May 1955  | 1 year, 26 days  | Independent
(9) |  | Sa'id Mufti
(1898–1989) | —  | 30 May 1955  | 15 December 1955  | 199 days  | Independent
11  |  | Hazza' Majali
(1917–1960) | —  | 15 December 1955  | 21 December 1955  | 6 days  | Independent
—  |  | Ibrahim Hashem
(1878–1958)
Acting prime minister | —  | 21 December 1955  | 8 January 1956  | 18 days  | Independent
(8) |  | Samir Al-Rifai
(1901–1965) | —  | 8 January 1956  | 22 May 1956  | 135 days  | Independent
(9) |  | Sa'id Mufti
(1898–1989) | —  | 22 May 1956  | 1 July 1956  | 40 days  | Independent
(6) |  | Ibrahim Hashem
(1878–1958) | —  | 1 July 1956  | 29 October 1956  | 120 days  | Independent
12  |  | Suleiman Nabulsi
(1908–1976) | 1956 | 29 October 1956  | 13 April 1957  | 166 days  | National Socialist Party
13  |  | Hussein Khalidi
(1895–1966) | —  | 15 April 1957  | 24 April 1957  | 9 days  | Independent
(6) |  | Ibrahim Hashem
(1878–1958) | —  | 24 April 1957  | 18 May 1958  | 1 year, 24 days  | Independent
(8) |  | Samir Al-Rifai
(1901–1965) | —  | 18 May 1958  | 6 May 1959  | 353 days  | Independent
(11) |  | Hazza' Majali
(1917–1960) | —  | 6 May 1959  | 29 August 1960
(Assassinated)[1] | 1 year, 85 days  | Independent
14  |  | Bahjat Talhouni
(1913–1994) | 1961 | 29 August 1960  | 28 January 1962  | 1 year, 152 days  | Independent
15  |  | Wasfi Tal
(1919–1971) | 1962 | 28 January 1962  | 27 March 1963  | 1 year, 58 days  | Independent
(8) |  | Samir Al-Rifai
(1901–1965) | —  | 27 March 1963  | 21 April 1963  | 25 days  | Independent
16  |  | Hussein ibn Nasser
(1902–1982) | 1963 | 21 April 1963  | 6 July 1964  | 1 year, 76 days  | Independent
(14) |  | Bahjat Talhouni
(1913–1994) | —  | 6 July 1964  | 14 February 1965  | 223 days  | Independent
(15) |  | Wasfi Tal
(1919–1971) | —  | 14 February 1965  | 4 March 1967  | 2 years, 18 days  | Independent
(16) |  | Hussein ibn Nasser
(1902–1982) | —  | 4 March 1967  | 23 April 1967  | 50 days  | Independent
17  |  | Saad Jumaa
(1916–1979) | 1967 | 23 April 1967  | 7 October 1967  | 167 days  | Independent
(14) |  | Bahjat Talhouni
(1913–1994) | —  | 7 October 1967  | 24 March 1969  | 1 year, 168 days  | Independent
18  |  | Abdelmunim Rifai
(1917–1985) | —  | 24 March 1969  | 13 August 1969  | 142 days  | Independent
(14) |  | Bahjat Talhouni
(1913–1994) | —  | 13 August 1969  | 27 June 1970[2] | 318 days  | Independent
(18) |  | Abdelmunim Rifai
(1917–1985) | —  | 27 June 1970  | 16 September 1970  | 81 days  | Independent
19  |  | Mohammad Al-Abbasi
(1914–1972) | —  | 16 September 1970[3] | 26 September 1970  | 10 days  | Military
20  |  | Ahmad Toukan
(1903–1981) | —  | 26 September 1970[4] | 28 October 1970  | 32 days  | Independent
(15) |  | Wasfi Tal
(1919–1971) | —  | 28 October 1970[5] | 28 November 1971
(Assassinated)[6] | 1 year, 31 days  | Independent
21  |  | Ahmad Lozi
(1925–2014) | —  | 29 November 1971  | 26 May 1973  | 1 year, 178 days  | Independent
22  |  | Zaid Rifai
(1936–2024) | —  | 26 May 1973[7] | 13 July 1976[8] | 3 years, 48 days  | Independent
23  |  | Mudar Badran
(1934–2023) | —  | 13 July 1976  | 19 December 1979  | 3 years, 159 days  | Independent
24  |  | Abdelhamid Sharaf
(1939–1980) | —  | 19 December 1979  | 3 July 1980[†][9] | 197 days  | Independent
25  |  | Kassim Rimawi
(1918–1982) | —  | 3 July 1980  | 28 August 1980  | 56 days  | Independent
(23) |  | Mudar Badran
(1934–2023) | —  | 28 August 1980  | 10 January 1984  | 3 years, 135 days  | Independent
26  |  | Ahmad Obeidat
(born 1938) | —  | 10 January 1984  | 4 April 1985  | 1 year, 84 days  | Independent
(22) |  | Zaid Rifai
(1936–2024) | —  | 4 April 1985  | 27 April 1989  | 4 years, 23 days  | Independent
27  |  | Zaid ibn Shaker
(1934–2002) | 1989 | 27 April 1989  | 4 December 1989  | 221 days  | Independent
(23) |  | Mudar Badran
(1934–2023) | —  | 4 December 1989  | 19 June 1991  | 1 year, 197 days  | Independent
28  |  | Taher Masri
(born 1942) | —  | 19 June 1991  | 21 November 1991  | 155 days  | Independent
(27) |  | Zaid ibn Shaker
(1934–2002) | —  | 21 November 1991  | 29 May 1993  | 1 year, 189 days  | Independent
29  |  | Abdelsalam Majali
(1925–2023) | 1993 | 29 May 1993  | 7 January 1995  | 1 year, 223 days  | Independent
(27) |  | Zaid ibn Shaker
(1934–2002) | —  | 7 January 1995  | 4 February 1996  | 1 year, 28 days  | Independent
30  |  | Abdul Karim Kabariti
(born 1949) | —  | 4 February 1996  | 9 March 1997  | 1 year, 33 days  | Independent
(29) |  | Abdelsalam Majali
(1925–2023) | 1997 | 9 March 1997  | 20 August 1998  | 1 year, 164 days  | Independent
31  |  | Fayez Tarawneh
(1949–2021) | —  | 20 August 1998  | 4 March 1999  | 196 days  | Independent
32  |  | Abdelraouf Rawabdeh
(born 1939) | —  | 4 March 1999  | 19 June 2000  | 1 year, 107 days  | Independent | Abdullah II

(1999–present)
33  |  | Ali Abu Al-Ragheb
(born 1946) | —  | 19 June 2000  | 25 October 2003  | 3 years, 128 days  | Independent
34  |  | Faisal Al-Fayez
(born 1952) | 2003 | 25 October 2003  | 6 April 2005  | 1 year, 163 days  | Independent
35  |  | Adnan Badran
(born 1935) | —  | 6 April 2005  | 27 November 2005  | 235 days  | Independent
36  |  | Marouf al-Bakhit
(1947–2023) | —  | 27 November 2005  | 25 November 2007  | 1 year, 363 days  | Independent
37  |  | Nader Al-Dahabi
(born 1946) | 2007 | 25 November 2007  | 14 December 2009  | 2 years, 19 days  | Independent
38  |  | Samir Rifai
(born 1966) | 2010 | 14 December 2009  | 9 February 2011  | 1 year, 57 days  | Independent
(36) |  | Marouf al-Bakhit
(1947–2023) | —  | 9 February 2011  | 24 October 2011  | 257 days  | Independent
39  |  | Awn Al-Khasawneh
(born 1950) | —  | 24 October 2011  | 2 May 2012  | 191 days  | Independent
(31) |  | Fayez Tarawneh
(1949–2021) | —  | 2 May 2012  | 11 October 2012  | 162 days  | Independent
40  |  | Abdullah Ensour
(born 1939) | 2013 | 11 October 2012  | 1 June 2016  | 3 years, 234 days  | Independent
41  |  | Hani Mulki
(born 1951) | 2016 | 1 June 2016  | 14 June 2018  | 2 years, 13 days  | Independent
42  |  | Omar Razzaz
(born 1961) | —  | 14 June 2018  | 12 October 2020  | 2 years, 120 days  | Independent
43  |  | Bisher Khasawneh
(born 1969) | 2020 | 12 October 2020  | 15 September 2024  | 3 years, 339 days  | Independent
44  |  | Jafar Hassan
(born 1968) | 2024 | 15 September 2024  | Incumbent  | 192 days  | Independent

## Timeline

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## See also

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* List of kings of Jordan

## References

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1. ^ "Murder in Amman". The New York Times. 31 August 1960. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
2. ^ "Jordan's Premier Resigns". The New York Times. 27 June 1970. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
3. ^ "MILITARY IS GIVEN POWER IN JORDAN". The New York Times. 16 September 1970. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
4. ^ John L. Hess (27 September 1970). "HUSSEIN APPOINTS NEW GOVERNMENT LED BY A CIVILIAN". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
5. ^ "Hussein Names His Third Cabinet in Six Weeks". The New York Times. 29 October 1970. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
6. ^ "Assassination in Cairo". The New York Times. 30 November 1971. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
7. ^ Juan de Onis (27 May 1973). "HUSSEIN ADVISER IS NAMED PREMIER". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
8. ^ "RIFAI STEPS DOWN AS JORDAN PREMIER". The New York Times. 14 July 1976. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
9. ^ Christopher S. Wren (4 July 1980). "ABDUL SHARAF DEAD". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

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