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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 14 Nov., 1935, and came of age in 1953 on completing bis 18th year. The heir presumptive is Amir Mohammed (bom 3 Oct., 1941).
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Steinberg, S.H. (1954). 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/10.1057/9780230270831_43
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