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List of presidents of the Senate of Jordan

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The president of the Senate of Jordan is the presiding officer of the Senate of Jordan. The president is appointed by the king of Jordan by royal decree, and the term of the office is two years.

Below is a list of office-holders from 1947:

Name Entered office Left office Notes
Tawfik Abu al-Huda 20 October 1947 30 May 1951 [1]
Ibrahim Hashem 1 September 1951 4 December 1956 [1]
Sa'id al-Mufti 4 December 1956 10 July 1963 [1]
Sameer al-Rifai 10 July 1963 1 November 1965 [1]
Sa'id al-Mufti 1 November 1965 23 November 1974 [1]
Bahjat Talhouni 1 December 1974 20 January 1983 [1]
Ahmed Abdul Karim Tarawneh 20 January 1983 11 January 1984 [1]
Ahmad al-Lawzi 12 January 1984 8 June 1997 [1]
Zaid al-Rifai 8 June 1997 17 December 2009 [1]
Taher Nashat al-Masri 17 December 2009 24 October 2013 [1]
Abdelraouf al-Rawabdeh 24 October 2013 25 October 2015
Faisal al-Fayez 25 October 2015 Incumbent [2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Previous Councils - The Senate of Jordan". Senate of Jordan. 12 January 2019.
  2. ^ "رئاسة المجلس الحالي | مجلس الأعيان" (in Arabic). Senate.jo. Retrieved 2019-04-29.