List of Speakers of the House of Representatives of Jordan

Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jordan is the presiding officer of House of Representatives (Jordan).

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Members of the House of Representatives elect a speaker for one year at the beginning of each session. The Speaker remains in office up to the beginning of the next session, and can be re-elected.

Legislature Began Ended Name Entered office Left office
First Chamber of Deputies 1947 1950 Hashim Kheir 1947 1948
Abdul-Qadir al-Tal 1948 1950
Second Chamber of Deputies 1950 1951 Omar Mattar 1950 1951
Third Chamber of Deputies 1951 1954 Abdullah Khulaib 1951 1952
Hikmat al-Masri[1] 1952 1953
Abdul-Haleem al-Nimer 1953 1954
Fourth Chamber of Deputies 1954 1956 Ahmed Abdul Karim Tarawneh 1954 1956
Fifth Chamber of Deputies 1956 1961 Hikmat al-Masri[1] 1956 1957
Mustafa Khalifa al-Awamleh 1957 1961
Sixth Chamber of Deputies 1961 1962 Mustafa Khalifa al-Awamleh 1961 1962
Seventh Chamber of Deputies 1962 1963 Salah Toukan 1962 1963
Eighth Chamber of Deputies 1963 1966 Akef Al-Fayez 1963 1966
Ninth Chamber of Deputies 1967 1971 Kassim al-Rimawi 1967 1970
Kamel Arekat 1970 1984
Tenth Chamber of Deputies 1984 1988 Akef Al-Fayez 1984 1988
Eleventh Chamber of Deputies 1989 1993 Suleiman A'rar 1989 1990
Abdul-Latif Arabiat 1990 1993
Twelfth Chamber of Deputies 1993 1997 Taher al-Masri 1993 1995
Saad Hayel Srour 1995 1997
Thirteenth Chamber of Deputies 1997 2001 Saad Hayel Srour 1997 1998
Abdul Hadi al-Majali 1998 2001
Fourteenth Chamber of Deputies 2001 2005 Abdul Hadi al-Majali 2001 2003
Saad Hayel Srour 16 July 2003 2005
Fifteenth Chamber of Deputies 2005 2009 Saad Hayel Srour 2005 2007
Abdul Hadi al-Majali 2 December 2007 2010
Sixteenth Chamber of Deputies 2010 2013 Faisal al-Fayez 2010 2011
Abdul Karim al-Doghmi[2] 2011 2013
Seventeenth Chamber of Deputies 2013 2016 Saad Hayel Srour 10 February 2013 3 November 2013
Atef Tarawneh 3 November 2013 1 June 2016
Eighteenth Chamber of Deputies 2016 Atef Tarawneh[3] 7 November 2016

Source: [4]

References
  1. https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1381749/1/387589.pdf
  2. "House speaker receives US envoy | Jordan News | Ammon News". en.ammonnews.net.
  3. "عاطف يوسف صالح الطراونة". المجلس. November 19, 2015.
  4. "Jordanian House of Representatives - Political Figures and Major Events of the Councils of Representatives". web.archive.org. April 7, 2012.

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