A Royal Decree was issued Thursday dissolving the 55-member Upper House as of November 25, 2010. Another decree was also issued appointing the 60 members of the new Senate.

Also Thursday, a third decree was issued reappointing Taher Masri as Senate president.

Following are the members of the Senate:

· Taher Masri
· Fayez Tarawneh
· Abdur-Ra'uf S. Rawabdeh
· Marouf Bakhit
· Abdul Hadi Majali
· Marwan Hmoud
· Taher Hikmat
· Laila Sharaf
· Riad Shakaa
· Awad Khleifat
· Hamdi Tabbaa
· Mohammad Hamdan
· Mohammad Sqour
· Amin Mahmoud
· Tawfiq Kreishan
· Abdul Ilah Khatib
· Kamal Nasser
· Aqel Biltaji
· Saleh Qallab
· Hatem Halawani
· Abed Shakhanbeh
· Salah Al Din Bashir
· Nabil Sharif
· Amal Farhan
· Mohammad Ali Alawneh
· Sharif Zu'bi
· Suhair Al-Ali
· Bassem Salem
· Hamad Kasasbeh
· Maha Khatib
· Tayseer Nueimi
· Ayman Odeh
· Ghaleb Zu'bi
· Michel Hamarneh
· Umayya Toukan
· Daoud Hanania
· Khalid Sarayreh
· Mustafa Fayyad
· Alia Abu Tayeh
· Wijdan Saket
· Abdul Hamid Shoman
· Nawal Faouri
· Ahmad Ayed Ajarmeh
· Jaafar Hneiti
· Abdul Majeed Thneibat
· Taher Fawwaz
· Nazih Ammarin
· Abdullah Habahbeh
· Nael Kabariti
· Mohammad Roud
· Ihsan Shordom
· Mahmoud Abbadi
· Nirmeen Harbi
· Ghazi Jbour
· Mahmoud Zghoul
· Talal Abu Ghazaleh
· Nadim Muasher
· Khalid Sharif
· Rima Naseef Batshoun
· Mazen Darwazeh

In a letter addressed to His Majesty King Abdullah, Masri pledged that the Senate will cooperate with the Lower House and with the state authorities and institutions, in accordance with the Constitution and the laws in effect.

He said senators will work to draw up rules and regulations to facilitate and speed up comprehensive political, economic and social reform.

He also expressed the Senate's appreciation of the King's efforts to guarantee significant and effective public participation in decision making, safeguard national unity, improve the living conditions of Jordanians and provide them with security and stability and best services.