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26 July – 11 August: Jordan at the 2024 Summer Olympics [4] 26 July – The village of Umm el-Jimal is designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. [5] 10 September: 2024 Jordanian general election: The Islamic Action Front emerges as the largest single party in the House of Representatives but fails to secure a majority, winning 31 out of ...
[7] France 24 reported that the "nearly half a million votes" the IAF won was "unprecedented in their history in Jordan." [12] Adaileh also claimed that the election results were a "popular referendum" for Jordan to scrap the Israel–Jordan peace treaty, and to back Hamas. [13] On 15 September, Bisher Khasawneh resigned as prime minister.
City council swore in Jordan at Monday night's meeting to replace the now-retired Peggy Ehora in the Fourth Ward spot after an almost two month-long search. "I appreciate all the support I am ...
The new system was unpopular with political parties, and 11 parties led by the IAF boycotted the 1997 national elections. [11] Changes prior to the intended 2001 elections led to an increase in MP numbers to 110. [3] Although parliament was dismissed in June 2011 in line with its 4-year mandate, elections were delayed by the King until 2003. [13]
DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Qatar is ready to invest in Syria's energy sector and ports, the de facto Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said after meeting a senior Qatari official in Damascus on Monday, as ...
The Parliament of Jordan (Arabic: مجلس الأمة Majlis Al-Umma) is the bicameral Jordanian national assembly. Established by the 1952 Constitution , the legislature consists of two houses: the Senate ( Arabic : مجلس الأعيان Majlis Al-Aayan ) and the House of Representatives ( Arabic : مجلس النواب Majlis Al-Nuwaab ).
In a workshop meeting on Dec. 18, Belmont City Council interviewed four potential candidates to fill a seat left vacant after Richard Turner was elected mayor last month.. Each candidate was given ...
On 15 August 2017, Jordan held local elections for three levels of government: mayoralties, municipal and local councils, and governorate councils. While the municipal and local councils have been elected consistently since 1925, the governorate council elections are the first of their kind in Jordan, with the councils established by a new 2014 decentralization law.