s since 1974; in November 1989 the first
parliamentary elections in 22 years were held

Judicial branch: Court of Cassation

Political parties and leaders: Al-'Ahd (Pledge) Party, 'Abd
al-Hadi al-MAJALI, secretary general; Al-Ahrar (Liberals) Party,
Ahmad al-ZU'BI, secretary general; Al-Taqaddumi (Progressive) Party,
Fawwaz al-ZUBI, secretary general; Al-Watan (Homeland) Party, 'Akif
al-FAYIZ; Al-Yaqazah (Awakening) Party, 'Abd al-Ra'uf al-RAWABIDAH,
secretary general; Constitutional Jordanian Arab Front Party, Milhim
al-TALL; Democratic Arab Islamic Movement Party-Du'a', Yusuf Abu
BAKR, secretary general; Democratic Arab Unionist Party-Wad, Anis
al-MU'ASHIR, secretary general; Islamic Action Front (IAF), Ishaq
al-FARHAN, secretary general; Jordanian Arab Masses Party, 'Abd
al-Khaliq SHATAT, secretary general; Jordanian Arab Socialist Ba'th
Party, Taysir al-HIMSI, command first secretary; Jordanian Communist
Party (JCP), Ya'qub ZAYADIN, secretary general; Jordanian Democratic
Popular Unity Party, 'Azmi al-KHAWAJA, secretary general; Jordanian
National Alliance Party, Mijhim al-KHURAYSHAH, secretary general;
Jordanian People's Democratic Party-Hashd, Salim al-NAHHAS,
secretary general; Jordanian Unionist Democratic Party, 'Isa MADANAT
(secretary general), Ali AMIR (secretary general), Munis al-RAZZAZ
(secretary general); Pan-Arab Action Front Party, Muhammad al-ZU'BI,
secretary general; Popular Unity Party-the Unionists, Mustafa
AL-'ISAWI, secretary general; Progress and Justice Party, 'Ali
al-SA'D, secretary general; Progressive Arab Ba'th Party, Mahmud
al-MA'AYITAH, command secretary; Al-Mustaqbal (Future) Party,
Sulayman 'ARAR, secretary general; Jordanian Arab Partisans Party,
Muhammad al-MAJALI, leader, Muhammad SHURAYDAH, secretary general
note: in 1995, the Jordanian Arab Democratic Party, the Jordanian
Democratic Progressive Party, and the Jordanian Socialist Democratic
Party merged to form the Jordanian Unionist Democratic Party

International organization participation: ABEDA, ACC, AFESD, AL,
AMF, CAEU, CCC, ESCWA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA,
IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM
(observer), ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OIC, PCA, UN, UNAMIR,
UNAVEM III, UNCRO, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIH, UNMOT, UNOMIG,
UNOMIL, UNPREDEP, UNPROFOR, UNRWA, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO,
WTrO (applicant)

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