King to deliver Speech from the Throne on Sunday

• King Abdullah II will open the second ordinary session of Jordan’s Twentieth Parliament on October 26, 2025.
• The Parliament includes both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

His Majesty King Abdullah II will inaugurate the second ordinary session of the Twentieth Parliament, which includes both the Senate and the House of Representatives, on Sunday, October 26, 2025.

The King is scheduled to deliver the Speech from the Throne, marking the official start of the new parliamentary session.

Following the Royal address, the Senate will convene to select a committee responsible for drafting the official response to the speech. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives will meet under the chairmanship of its most senior member to elect the members of its Permanent Office, including the Speaker, two Deputy Speakers, and two Assistants.

Recent amendments to the House’s bylaws ensure gender representation in the Permanent Office. Article 7(B) states that if no woman is elected as Speaker or Deputy Speaker, the right to nominate one of the two Assistant positions will be reserved for female Deputies, Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported.

The House will also elect a committee to draft its official response to the Royal Speech, which must be approved and submitted to the King within 14 days. In addition, the House is expected to proceed with the election of its 20 standing parliamentary committees.

A Royal Decree had previously postponed the ordinary session until today, with a separate decree formally calling Parliament to convene for this session.