Interior, foreign minister unseated in Jordan cabinet reshuffle

Jordanian Prime Minister Hani Mulqi has unseated the country’s interior and foreign ministers in a second reshuffle since September last year.

Mulqi said in a statement from the royal palace on Sunday that Interior Minister Salama Hammad will be replaced by Ghaleb Zohbi, a lawyer who had previously held the same post.

The statement by the Jordanian premier also announced that Jordan’s long-serving Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh would be replaced by Ayman Safadi, formerly an adviser to the king and deputy prime minister. Judeh had served as foreign minister since 2009.

The statement would not elaborate on why the ministers were being replaced. The reshuffle, the second in Jordan since September 28, comes after some 50 lawmakers called for a motion in the parliament to censure Hammad, who has faced severe criticism over his inability to prevent terror attacks in the country.

EA