King Husssein had proclaimed his son, Abdullah,…

King Husssein had proclaimed his son, Abdullah, to be his successor, rather than his brother, Hassan, who had been the crown prince, shortly before the sixty-three-year-old monarch's death from cancer on February 9, 1999.

King Abdullah will continue to carry out his father's policies and maintains that the new government he forms in March will focus on integrating economic reforms, bettering Jordan's relations with its Arab neighbors, and improving the status of women.