Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 49

5-December-2005

JORDAN

New Jordanian Cabinet To Continue With Political And Economic Reform

A new Jordanian government of 24 ministers was sworn in on 27 November headed by a new Prime Minister Ma'ruf Bakhit, King 'Abd Allahs National Security Advisor and a man with a long career in military intelligence. Mr Bakhit succeeds Prime Minister 'Adnan Badran, whose government was widely expected to resign, hastened by the suicide bombings last month in...