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.
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 | ? |
Hikmat al-Masri | ? - 1953 | 1953 - ? | |||
Abdul-Haleem al-Nimer | ? | 1954 | |||
Fourth Chamber of Deputies | 1954 | 1956 | Ahmed Abdul Karim Tarawneh | 1954 | 1956 |
Fifth Chamber of Deputies | 1956 | 1961 | Hikmat al-Masir | 1956 | ? |
Mustafa Khalifa | ? | 1961 | |||
Sixth Chamber of Deputies | 1961 | 1962 | Mustafa Khalifa | 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 | ? |
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 | ? |
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 |
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Seventeenth Chamber of Deputies | 2013 | Saad Hayel Srour | 10 February 2013 | 3 November 2013 | |
Atef Tarawneh | 3 November 2013 | 1 June 2016 | |||
Eighteenth Chamber of Deputies | 2016 | Atef Tarawneh | 7 November 2016 |