Member State of the Arab League The king of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Arabic: ملك المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية) is the monarchical head of state of Jordan.

However, the king is vested with somewhat more executive and legislative power than is typically the case for constitutional monarchs.

He is commander-in-chief of the Jordanian Armed Forces and appoints the Prime Minister of Jordan and the directors of security agencies.

[1] The current king, Abdullah II, took the throne on 7 February 1999 following the death of his father, Hussein.

The sons of Hussein bin Ali, the Grand Emir and Sharif of Mecca were set up as the kings of Iraq and Jordan in the aftermath of the Arab Revolt and World War I.