Jordan’s King Appoints Prime Minister After Cabinet Resigns
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Jordan’s King Abdullah appointed Awn al-Khasawneh, a former judge at the International Court of Justice, as prime minister after accepting the Cabinet’s resignation.
Khasawneh was given the task of forming a new government, the royal court said today in an e-mailed statement. He replaces Marouf Bakhit, a former army general who critics said was slow to implement political and economic changes following protests inspired by a wave of popular uprisings across the Arab world that ousted leaders in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya.