Events from the year 2017 in Jordan Incumbents Monarch – Abdullah II Prime Minister – Hani Al-Mulki Events Deaths 8 January – Klaib Al-Fawwaz, diplomat and politician, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs (b. 1950). 8 February – Georges El-Murr, Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia in Amman (b. 1930). 25 July – Rula Quawas, feminist academic (b. 1960). References Years of the 21st century in Jordan Jordan Jordan 2010s in Jordan