Abdullah Ensur

Abdallah Ensur was born on January 20, 1939 in As Salt ^[1] , in Transjordan . He studied at the American University of Beirut , as well as at the Sorbonne , where he received a doctorate in economics, and a doctorate in mathematics ^[2] .

In 1989, he was elected to the parliament , and since 1992 has been continuously re-elected. In 1984 and 1985 he was Minister of Planning. In 1989, he became Minister of Education; in 1991 - Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1993 - Minister of Industry and Trade, 1996 - Minister of Higher Education, 1997 - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Administrative Development, 1998 - again Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Information. From 1998 to 2001 he was a deputy of the House of Representatives. Later, he was the representative of Jordan in the International Monetary Fund , the World Bank and UNESCO .

Prime Minister

On October 11, 2012, King of Jordan Abdullah II appointed Ensur to the post of prime minister to prepare for early parliamentary elections , since on October 4 the king signed a decree on the dissolution of parliament ^[3] , and the former al-Tarawne government automatically resigned in accordance with 74 article of the constitution ^[4] . In the new cabinet, consisting of 21 people, 16 ministers from the previous government retained their posts ^[5] . Parliamentary elections were held in January , 37 candidates from opposition parties were included in the lower house of the legislature, but the majority was retained by supporters of the king. After that, parliamentarians asked the king to leave Ensur as prime minister. On March 9, 2013, the new parliament for the first time in the history of Jordan approved the prime minister - retaining Abdullah Ensur and ordered to form a new government ^[6] . Abdullah II later swore a new government ^[7] .