The Jordanian general election of2010 followed a dissolution of Parliament by the King who has reigned since what year?
Abdullah II of Jordan Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein (Arabic: عبد الله الثاني بن الحسين‎ ‎ , "ʿAbdullāh aṯ-ṯānī ibn Al-Ḥusayn", born 30 January 1962) has been King of Jordan since the 1999 death of his father, King Hussein. According to Abdullah, he is a 41st-generation direct descendant of Muhammad as he belongs to the Hashemite family—who have ruled Jordan since 1921.
Arabization of the Jordanian Army command Arabization of the Jordanian Army command (Arabic: تعريب قيادة الجيش العربي‎ ‎ , "Ta'reeb Kiyadat Al-Jaysh Al-Arabi") refers to the dismissal of senior British officers commanding the Arab Legion by King Hussein and the subsequent renaming of the Legion into the Jordanian Armed Forces on 1 March 1956.