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Constitution and Government.—The Kingdom is governed by His Majesty King Hussein, eldest son of King Talal, who, being incapacitated by mental illness, was deposed by Parliament on 11 Aug., 1952. The King was born 14 Nov., 1935, and married Princess Dina Abdel Hamid on 19 April, 1955. The heir presumptive is Amir Mohammed (born 3 Oct., 1941).
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Steinberg, S.H. (1956). The Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270855_43
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