Jordan cabinet reshuffle solidifies PM Ensour's mandate


  • World
  • Monday, 02 Mar 2015

Jordan's Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour speaks at a press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Baghdad, December 18, 2014. REUTERS/Hadi Mizban/Pool

AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour announced a cabinet reshuffle on Monday that will solidify his mandate to accelerate economic reforms seen as crucial to meet the U.S.-allied country's challenges.

The move affected the planning, tourism, labour, energy, industry, telecommunications and higher education portfolios. It left the key interior, finance and foreign ministers in place and maintained a lineup dominated by a mix of technocrats, conservative politicians and tribal loyalists.

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