A Royal Decree was issued Thursday appointing the 55 members of the Senate for the 15th Parliament.

The makeup of the Upper House includes seven former prime ministers, in addition to President of the Senate Zeid Rifai.

The list of 55 senators also includes seven women, as well as business leaders and mostly former officials and retired army officers.

According to Article 63 of the Constitution, the Senate, including the speaker, consists of no more than one-half of the number of deputies in the Lower House.

Following is a list of new Senate members:

1. Zeid Rifai

2. Taher Masri

3. Ali Abul Ragheb

4. Faisal Fayez

5. Fayez Tarawneh

6. Adnan Badran

7. Marouf Bakhit

8. Marwan Hmoud

9. Marwan Dudin

10. Rajai Muasher

11. Layla Sharaf

12. Kamel Ajlouni

13. Riad Shakaa

14. Mohammad Hamdan

15. Marwan Kamal

16. Hisham Tal

17. Yousef Dalabih

18. Nader Thuheirat

19. Salwa Masri

20. Hammad Abu Jamous

21. Saadeddin Jumaah

22. Aqel Biltaji

23. Mohammad Wahsh

24. Saleh Qallab

25. Roweidah Maaitah

26. Hakem Qadi

27. Amjad Majali

28. Farouq Qasrawi

29. Salem Turk

30. Abdul Hafez Kaabneh

31. Michel Hamarneh

32. Daoud Hanania

33. Khalil Fanatsah

34. Haidar Murad

35. Fawwaz Abu Tayeh

36. Ayed Adaileh

37. Wijdan Saket

38. Abdul Hamid Shoman

39. Issam Bdeir

40. Nawal Faouri

41. Samih Momani

42. Turki Haddad

43. Fakhri Abu Taleb

44. Mohammad Adwan

45. Mohammad Shawabkeh

46. Mohammad Khreisat

47. Ahmad Ajarmeh

48. Jaafar Hneiti

49. Manaf Hijazi

50. Kheireddine Hakooz

51. Ibrahim Zu'bi

52. Abdul Majid Thneibat

53. Ahmad Abu Rbeiha

54. Haifa Abu Ghazaleh

55. Janet Mufti