VOL. XXXIX

No. 20

12-February-1996

JORDAN

New Government Appointed In Jordan

King Husain of Jordan appointed a new 31-member cabinet on 4 February following the resignation of Prime Minister Zaid ibn Shakir, who has held the post since January 1995. The new government is headed by Mr. 'Abd al-Karim Kabariti, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the outgoing cabinet. Mr. Kabariti has been credited with the reconciliation of Jordan with those Arab states that had ostracized it for its pro-...