Minister of Defense of Jordan

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government office ministerial position

The Minister of Defense of Jordan is the senior government official responsible for overseeing the country’s defense policy, armed forces, and military affairs.

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Label	Occurrences
Minister of Defense of Jordan canonical	2

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10568827 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Minister of Defense of Jordan
Context triple: [Wasfi al-Tal, positionHeld, Minister of Defense of Jordan]

A. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Jordan
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Jordan is the highest-ranking military officer responsible for leading and coordinating the operations and strategic direction of the Jordanian Armed Forces.
B. Supreme Commander of the Jordanian Armed Forces
The Supreme Commander of the Jordanian Armed Forces is the highest-ranking authority overseeing Jordan’s military, a role traditionally held by the reigning monarch.
C. Minister of Defense of Saudi Arabia
The Minister of Defense of Saudi Arabia is the cabinet-level official responsible for overseeing the kingdom’s armed forces, defense policy, and military strategy.
D. Minister of Defense of Kuwait
The Minister of Defense of Kuwait is the senior government official responsible for overseeing the country's defense policy, armed forces, and military affairs.
E. Minister of Defence of Egypt
The Minister of Defence of Egypt is the senior government official responsible for overseeing the Egyptian Armed Forces and national defense policy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Minister of Defense of Jordan
Target entity description: The Minister of Defense of Jordan is the senior government official responsible for overseeing the country’s defense policy, armed forces, and military affairs.

A. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Jordan
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Jordan is the highest-ranking military officer responsible for leading and coordinating the operations and strategic direction of the Jordanian Armed Forces.
B. Supreme Commander of the Jordanian Armed Forces
The Supreme Commander of the Jordanian Armed Forces is the highest-ranking authority overseeing Jordan’s military, a role traditionally held by the reigning monarch.
C. Minister of Defense of Saudi Arabia
The Minister of Defense of Saudi Arabia is the cabinet-level official responsible for overseeing the kingdom’s armed forces, defense policy, and military strategy.
D. Minister of Defense of Kuwait
The Minister of Defense of Kuwait is the senior government official responsible for overseeing the country's defense policy, armed forces, and military affairs.
E. Minister of Defence of Egypt
The Minister of Defence of Egypt is the senior government official responsible for overseeing the Egyptian Armed Forces and national defense policy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government office ⓘ ministerial position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ⓘ linked to: Jordan (country)
appointedBy	King of Jordan ⓘ monarch of Jordan ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Jordanian intelligence services ⓘ linked to: General Intelligence Directorate (Jordan) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Jordan ⓘ Ministry of Interior of Jordan ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Interior (Jordan)
country	Jordan ⓘ
domain	military policy ⓘ national defense ⓘ security policy ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	defense legislation proposals in Jordan ⓘ implementation of defense policy in Jordan ⓘ military command structure policy in Jordan ⓘ
hasPart	advisory military council ⓘ ministerial staff ⓘ
inception	20th century ⓘ
jurisdiction	Jordanian Armed Forces – Arab Army ⓘ linked to: Jordanian Armed Forces Jordanian military institutions ⓘ Royal Jordanian Air Force ⓘ Royal Jordanian Navy ⓘ
legalForm	public office ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Amman Governorate ⓘ Jordan ⓘ
memberOf	Council of Ministers of Jordan ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
officeHolderTitleInArabic	وزير الدفاع ⓘ linked to: Minister of Defence
oversees	defense budget of Jordan ⓘ defense cooperation with foreign states ⓘ defense planning in Jordan ⓘ military procurement in Jordan ⓘ military readiness of Jordan ⓘ national defense strategy of Jordan ⓘ
participatesIn	crisis management in Jordan ⓘ national security decision-making in Jordan ⓘ
partOf	Cabinet of Jordan ⓘ linked to: Council of Ministers of Jordan Government of Jordan ⓘ
positionHeldIn	Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ⓘ linked to: Jordan (country)
reportsTo	Cabinet of Jordan ⓘ linked to: Council of Ministers of Jordan King of Jordan ⓘ
responsibleFor	Jordanian Armed Forces ⓘ defense policy of Jordan ⓘ military affairs of Jordan ⓘ
seat	Amman ⓘ
usedBy	Jordanian government ⓘ linked to: Government of Jordan
worksWith	Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Jordan ⓘ Prime Minister of Jordan ⓘ

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Wasfi al-Tal → positionHeld → Minister of Defense of Jordan ⓘ

Ali Abu al-Ragheb → positionHeld → Minister of Defense of Jordan ⓘ

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