Jordan's labour minister resigned this week, after an additional investment promotion portfolio was taken away from him in a Cabinet reshuffle. Maen Qatamin said in his resignation letter, leaked to local media on Monday, that “the real solution” to solving Jordan’s unemployment woes was “making fundamental change in the kingdom’s investment environment.” He accused Prime Minister Bisher Al Khasawneh of not giving him the chance “to make real change.” After the reshuffle, Jordan’s investment promotion authority became the sole department in charge of the field. Mr Qatamin, 53, previously worked as manager of former prime minister Abdullah Ensour's office and has a degree in political science from Jordan University. Jordan is in recession and the official unemployment rate is at a record 23.9 per cent. In Sunday's Cabinet reorganisation, Jordan’s King Abdullah appointed new interior and justice ministers after a high-profile breach of coronavirus rules by their predecessors. Eight other ministers were also appointed in the reshuffle. The health, finance and foreign ministers remained unchanged. The king appointed Mr Al Khasawneh, a former diplomat, as prime minister in October amid a surge in coronavirus deaths. New Cabinets and reshuffles are common in Jordan. Mr Al Khasawneh is the country’s 12th prime minister in the past 20 years.