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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 bom 2 May, 1936, and came of age in 1953 on completing his 18th year. The heir presumptive is Amir Mohammed (born 1940).
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Steinberg, S.H. (1953). 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/10.1057/9780230270824_44
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