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CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT. The Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy headed by His Majesty King Hussein, G.C.V.O., eldest son of King Talal, who, being incapacitated by mental illness, was deposed by Parliament on 11 Aug. 1952. The King was born 14 Nov. 1935, and married Princess Dina Abdel Hamid on 19 April 1955 (divorced 1957) and Antoinette Avril Gardiner (Muña al Husain) in May 1961. Offspring: Princess Aliyah, born 13 Feb. 1956. The heir presumptive is Amir Muhammad (born 3 Oct. 1941), younger brother of the King.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1961). 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/10.1057/9780230270909_48
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