Suleiman Nabulsi's cabinet

The 1956 election for the lower House of Representatives was held on 21 October in Jordan. The election witnessed the emergence of the National Socialist Party (NSP) as the party with the greatest number of seats—12 out of 40. Thus, King Hussein asked Suleiman Nabulsi (leader of the party) to form a government.

Suleiman Nabulsi's cabinet
1956-1957
Date formed29 October 1956 (1956-10-29)
Date dissolved10 April 1957 (1957-04-10)
People and organisations
Head of stateKing Hussein
Head of governmentSuleiman Nabulsi
No. of ministers11
Member partyNational Socialist Party
Status in legislatureMajority
History
Election(s)1956 general election
Legislature term(s)10th Parliament (4 years)
PredecessorFourth cabinet of Hashim
SuccessorFirst cabinet of Al-Khalidi

Nabulsi's cabinet, Jordan's only elected parliamentary government, lasted from October 1956 till April 1957. It was forced to resign on 10 April 1957 by senior royalist officials after its policies frequently clashed with that of the Palace. Ali Abu Nuwar, a nationalist army chief of staff who was said to have sympathized with Nabulsi's ousting, was alleged to have arranged a coup attempt on 13 April.

The Cabinet consisted of 11 ministers: seven ministers from the NSP, one from the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, one from the Communist Party, and two independents.[1]

Cabinet
King Hussein, Ali Abu Nuwar (Army Chief of staff) and Nabulsi's cabinet celebrating the annulment of the 1948 Anglo-Jordanian treaty, sometime in March 1957.
Minister Office Party
Suleiman NabulsiPrime MinisterNational Socialist Party
Abdel Haleem NimirMinister of Interior and Minister of DefenseNational Socialist Party
Anwar KhateebMinister of Public WorksNational Socialist Party
Shafeeq IrsheidatMinister of Justice and Minister of EducationNational Socialist Party
Na'eem Abdel HadiMinister of EconomyNational Socialist Party
Saleh MuasherMinister of HealthNational Socialist Party
Salah TouqanMinister of FinanceNational Socialist Party
Abdullah RimawiMinister of Foreign AffairsArab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Abdel Qader Al-SalehMinister of AgricultureCommunist Party
Sam'an DaoudMinister of ConstructionIndependent
Saleh MajaliMinister of TransportationIndependent

[2]

See also
  • 1957 alleged Jordanian military coup

References
  1. Patai, Raphael (8 December 2015). Kingdom of Jordan. Princeton University Press. p. 63. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. "الحكومات الأردنية في عهد الملك الحسين بن طلال". Petra News Agency (in Arabic). Retrieved 5 July 2017.
Preceded by
Fourth cabinet of Hashim		 Cabinet of Jordan
October 1956 – April 1957		 Succeeded by
First cabinet of Al-Khalidi
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