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Hussein bin Abdullah
الحسين بن عبد الله
Crown Prince of Jordan
Hussein in 2021
Crown Prince of Jordan
Tenure2 July 2009- present
MonarchAbdullah II of Jordan
PredecessorHamzah bin Hussein
Born(1994-06-28)28 June 1994(age 30)
Amman,Jordan
Spouse
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(m.2023)​
Names
Hussein bin Abdullah bin Hussein bin Talal
HouseHashemite
FatherAbdullah II of Jordan
MotherRania Al-Yassin
ReligionSunni Islam
Signature
Military career
AllegianceJordan
Service/branchRoyal Jordanian Army
Years of service2012–present
RankMajor
Jordanian royal family
List
Extended royal family
Noor and others
Queen Noor
Haya and others
Muna and others
Princess Muna
Alia
Firyal and others
Hassan and others
Basma
Nayef and others

Hussein bin Abdullah(Arabic:الحسين بن عبد الله,Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh;born 28 June 1994) isCrown Prince of Jordanas the eldest son ofKing Abdullah IIandQueen Rania.He is a member of theHashemitedynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, and is considered to be42nd-generation direct descendantof theIslamicprophetMuhammad.

Hussein is a Major[1]in theJordanian Armed Forces,started his education in Jordan, and, in 2016, he graduated fromGeorgetown Universitywith a degree in International History. Since reaching theage of majorityin 2012, Hussein served as aregenton several occasions and has accompanied his father on a number of local and international visits.

Hussein is in charge of the Crown Prince Foundation, which is responsible for a technical university and a number of scientific and humanitarian initiatives. In 2015, at the age of 20, Hussein became the youngest person to chair aUN Security Councilsession. After graduating fromSandhurstin 2017, he made a global debut when he addressed theUN General Assemblyin September of that year.

Early life and education[edit]

Hussein was born on 28 June 1994 atKing Hussein Medical CenterinAmmanto the then-Prince AbdullahandPrincess Rania.[2]Abdullah had met Rania, a marketing employee atApple Inc.,in Amman at a dinner organized by Abdullah's sisterPrincess Aishain January 1993; they married six months later.[2]Hussein is the namesake of his grandfather,King Hussein.[3]Husseinclaims descentin the male line fromMuhammad's daughterFatimahandAli,thefourth caliph.[4]The Hashemites ruledMeccafor over 700 years until its1925 conquestby theHouse of Saud,and have ruled Jordan since 1921.[5]The Hashemites are the oldest-ruling dynasty in theMuslim world,and are the second-oldest-ruling dynasty in the world, after theImperial House of Japan.[6]His paternal grandmother is an English convert to Islam, and his mother is of Palestinian descent.

Hussein is the eldest child of King Abdullah and Queen Rania. His paternal grandfather was the then-reigning King Hussein and his grandmother is the English-born Princess Muna, who was his second wife. He has three siblings:Princess Iman,Princess SalmaandPrince Hashem.[3]Hussein started his primary education at the International School of Choueifat and the International Amman Academy;[3]he finished his high school atKing's Academyin 2012, obtained a bachelor's degree in International History atGeorgetown Universityin 2016, and graduated from theRoyal Military Academy Sandhurstin 2017.[3]He is amajorin theJordanian Armed Forces.[7]

Heir apparent[edit]

Royal Standard of the Crown Prince ofJordan

Abdullah was not expected to succeed to the throne despite being King Hussein's eldest son; the King had appointed his younger brother, Abdullah's uncle,Prince Hassan,as heir designate in 1965.[8]Shortly before his death on 7 February 1999, the King replaced Hassan with Abdullah.[8]When Abdullah became king, he named his younger half-brother,Prince Hamzah,as heir designate on his accession.[8]

On 28 November 2004, King Abdullah removed Hamzah from his title as crown prince.[8]Though the title of crown prince was left vacant, theConstitution of Jordanprovides foragnatic primogeniture,meaning the monarch's eldest son is automatically first in theline of succession to the Jordanian throneunless decreed otherwise.[8]Hussein thus became heir apparent as soon as his half-uncle lost the status, and analysts widely expected the King to bestow the formal title on Hussein.[8]The title was conferred on 2 July 2009, when a royal decree naming him as crown prince, effective immediately, was issued.[9]

Official duties[edit]

The Crown Prince and the King met with U.S. House SpeakerNancy PelosiinAmman,October 2019.

Unlike the King's,the Crown Prince'srole is mostly ceremonial under the Constitution, and the title is not associated with any political post.[10]Hussein performed his first official engagement in June 2010, when he represented his father at the celebrations of the anniversary of theArab Revoltand the Armed Forces Day.[11]

Hussein has served his father on both official and military missions,[10]and has served several times asregentduring the King's absence from the country.[10]Hussein is in charge of the Crown Prince Foundation, which is responsible for a technical university, and a number of scientific and humanitarian initiatives.[12]The foundation established the Haqiq initiative, which aims to encourage youth for volunteerism; aNASAinternship program; MASAR initiative to encourage space technology innovation; and the Hearing Without Borders initiative that funds cochlear implants for Jordanians with impaired hearing.[3]The interns from the NASA program built acubesat(mini satellite) named JY1, Jordan's first satellite which launched from California in 2018.[13]The cubesat project was named after the late King Hussein's amateur radio callsign.[14]

In 2013, Hussein participated in a training session with the members of the Jordanian special forces elite71st Counter Terrorism Battalion.[15]On 14 July 2014, Hussein visited theKing Hussein Medical Centerin Amman where injured Palestinians who fledGazawere receiving medical treatment.[16]

On 23 April 2015, the then-20-year-old Prince Hussein became the youngest person ever to chair aUN Security Councilsession.[17][18]During the meeting, the prince oversaw a debate about methods of preventing young people from joining extremist groups.[17]Ban Ki-moon,the then-Secretary-General of the United Nations,said Hussein is "not yet 21 years old, but he is already a leader in the 21st century".[18][17]The Security Council unanimously adoptedResolution 2250titled "Maintenance of international peace and security"; the resolution was presented at the initiative of Jordan during the session Hussein presided over.[17]

In May 2017, Hussein made the welcoming speech during a session of theWorld Economic Forumthat was held on the Jordanian shores of theDead Sea.[10]In September 2017, after having graduated from Sandhurst, he gave Jordan's speech at the UN General Assembly.[10]Observers speculated the Crown Prince would start to play a more prominent role in Jordan and abroad.[10]

Personal life[edit]

Further information:Wedding of Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan, and Rajwa Al Saif

The Crown Prince'sInstagramaccount has 5,1 million followers as of January 2024;he posts pictures that showcase his hobbies, which include reading, playingfootball,cooking, motorcycling and playing the guitar. He also enjoys playing chess in his spare time.[10]

Crown Prince Hussein and Princess Rajwa ride through the streets ofAmmanfollowing their wedding, 1 June 2023

On 17 August 2022, theRoyal Hashemite Courtannounced the engagement of Crown Prince Hussein toSaudi citizenRajwa Al Saif.[19]The couple met via a mutual friend. The engagement ceremony was held at the home of Al Saif's father inRiyadh,Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.[19]Al Saif is the daughter ofKhaled bin Musaed bin Saif bin Abdulaziz Al Saifand Azza bint Nayef bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al Sudairi (daughter of a maternal first cousin of KingSalman of Saudi Arabia).[20]She attended theSyracuse University School of Architecture.[20]The couplemarriedon 1 June 2023 atZahran Palace.[21]On 10 April 2024, the Royal Hashemite Court announced that Crown Prince Hussein and Princess Rajwa are expecting their first baby in the summer.[22]

Honours[edit]

National honours[edit]

Foreign honours[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^abHoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010)."Abdullah II".Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. pp.23.ISBN978-1-59339-837-8.
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  10. ^abcdefg"Jordan's young crown prince makes global debut in UN speech".abcnews. Associated Press. 22 September 2017. Archived fromthe originalon 24 September 2017.Retrieved23 September2017.
  11. ^"Crown Prince joins Army Day celebration".Ammon News.11 June 2010.Retrieved23 September2017.
  12. ^"Al Hussein Technical University seeks to prepare graduates with 'quality technical skills'".The Jordan Times.27 May 2017.Retrieved23 September2017.
  13. ^"Crown Prince announces launch of first Jordanian mini satellite".Jordan Times.4 December 2018.Retrieved3 November2020.
  14. ^"NASA-trained young Jordanian develops, with team, nanosatellite 'CubeSat'".The Jordan Times.23 May 2017.Retrieved23 September2017.
  15. ^"Crown Prince trains with the 71st Special Battalion".Royanews(in Arabic). 1 October 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 23 September 2017.Retrieved23 September2017.
  16. ^"Regent visits injured Palestinians at Al Hussein Medical Center".Jordan News Agency (Petra).14 July 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 18 July 2014.Retrieved23 September2017.
  17. ^abcd"Security Council unanimously adopts Jordan-proposed resolution on youth".The Jordan Times.9 December 2015.Retrieved23 September2017.
  18. ^ab"Jordanian prince, 20, becomes youngest to chair UN Security Council meeting".Fox News. Associated Press. 23 April 2015.Retrieved23 September2017.
  19. ^abHeyman, Taylor (17 August 2022)."Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein engaged to Rajwa Al Saif".Gulf Today.Retrieved17 August2022.
  20. ^ab"Who is Rajwa Al Saif, the fiancée of the Crown Prince?".Roya News.17 August 2022.Retrieved19 August2022.
  21. ^"Royal Hashemite Court announces date of Crown Prince's wedding".Royal Hashemite Court.Retrieved31 December2022.
  22. ^The Royal Hashemite Court [@RHCJO] (9 March 2024)."The Royal Hashemite Court is pleased to announce that Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II and Princess Rajwa Al Hussein are expecting their first baby this summer"(Tweet).Retrieved10 April2024– viaTwitter.
  23. ^Instagram
  24. ^Kongehuset
  25. ^"State visit to Jordan".kungahuset.se.15 November 2022.Retrieved1 February2023.

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