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Incumbent Abdullah II
Coronation 9 June, 1999
House Hashemite
Residence Raghadan Palace

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is an independent sovereign Arab State. It is indivisible and no part of it may be ceded. The Jordanian people is a part of the Arab Nation, and its ruling regime is parliamentary with a hereditary monarchy

The Constitution of The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, article 1 Read
Official website @RHCJO

Bibliography

Desarrollos políticos en el Reino Hachemí: la Primavera Árabe desde la óptica jordana

Luis Melián2015Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals

“La monarquía jordana ha sido clasificada como una «monarquía eje», en la que el rol político del monarca, a pesar de tener este poderes ejecutivos reales, no está estrechamente vinculado al desarrollo político diario, sino a un marco político más amplio que lo mantiene, de una u otra forma, alejado de ser identificado con los problemas políticos diarios”

Democratic Parliamentary Monarchies

Alfred Stepan, Juan J. Linz, and Juli F. Minoves2014Journal of Democracy vol.25

“Students of democratization would do well to think about monarchy more. In particular, they should pay closer attention to the role that monarchies have played in the evolution of democracy”

Jordania: éxito de la monarquía ante la brisa árabe

Daoud Kuttab2013Afkar/ Ideas

“Por primera vez en décadas, Jordania ha sido testigo de cambios constitucionales y de pequeños aunque importantes movimientos hacia una eventual monarquía constitucional”

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Biographies

Hussein and Abdullah: Inside the Jordanian Royal Family

Randa Habib2010Saqi

“During his forty-six-year reign, the Hashemite king preserved his kingdom against rising Islamism and maintained its neutrality in the face of the conflicting interests of neighbouring countries”

Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace

Avi Shlaim2009Penguin Random House

“King Hussein of Jordan was a man of slight build who possessed a powerful personality and immense political stature. He was in every respect except the physical a towering figure whose courage helped to earn him the popular title ‘Lion of Jordan'”

King Hussein of Jordan: A Political Life

Nigel Ashton2008Yale University Press

“The reference to democracy being ‘reborn’ was particularly interesting, carrying as it did connotations of a return to the pre-1958 ‘democratic’ system under the Hashemite monarchy”

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