[3] In addition, it was the thirteenth government formed during the reign of King Abdullah who ascended to the throne in 1999.

There is only one woman in the cabinet, Reem Abu Hassan who was appointed minister of social development.

[5] On 21 August 2013, the cabinet was reshuffled and five ministers left office: Mohammad Wahsh (Education), Mohammad Qudah (Awqaf and Islamic affairs), Mujalli Mhailanm (Health), Malek Kabariti (Energy and mineral resources) and Barakat Awajan (Culture).

[7] The ministers that left were: Mohammad Hamed of energy and mineral resources, Hatem Halawani of industry, trade and supply, Amin Mahmoud of higher education and Azzam Sleit of information and communications technology.

[7] Furthermore, Mohammad Thneibat and Nasser Judeh were appointed deputy prime minister while keeping their own posts.