Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan

Hussein bin Abdullah
حسين بن عبدالله
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
​
(m. 2023)​
IssuePrincess Iman bint Hussein
Names
Hussein bin Abdullah bin Hussein bin Talal
HouseHashemite
FatherAbdullah II of Jordan
MotherRania Al-Yassin
ReligionSunni Islam
Signature
Military career
Allegiance Jordan
Service / branch Royal 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: حسين بن عبدالله, Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh; born 28 June 1994) is Crown Prince of Jordan as the eldest son of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania. He is a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, and is considered to be 42nd-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Hussein is a Major[1] in the Jordanian Armed Forces, started his education in Jordan, and, in 2016, he graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in International History. Since reaching the age of majority in 2012, Hussein served as a regent on 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 a UN Security Council session. After graduating from Sandhurst in 2017, he made a global debut when he addressed the UN General Assembly in September of that year. In 2021, he married Rajwa Al-Saif, with whom he has a daughter, Princess Iman.

Early life and education

Hussein was born on 28 June 1994 at King Hussein Medical Center in Amman to the then-Prince Abdullah and Princess Rania.[2] Abdullah had met Rania, a marketing employee at Apple Inc., in Amman at a dinner organized by Abdullah's sister Princess Aisha in January 1993; they married six months later.[2] Hussein is the namesake of his grandfather, King Hussein.[3] Hussein claims descent in the male line from Muhammad's daughter Fatimah and Ali, the fourth caliph.[4] The Hashemites ruled Mecca for over 700 years until its 1925 conquest by the House of Saud, and have ruled Jordan since 1921.[5] The Hashemites are the oldest-ruling dynasty in the Muslim world, and are the second-oldest-ruling dynasty in the world, after the Imperial House of Japan.[6] His paternal grandmother is an English convert to Islam, and his mother is of Palestinian descent.

Crown Prince 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 King Hussein's second wife. Crown Prince Hussein has three siblings: Princess Iman, Princess Salma and Prince Hashem.[3] Hussein started his primary education at the International School of Choueifat and the International Amman Academy;[3] he finished his high school at King's Academy in 2012, obtained a bachelor's degree in International History at Georgetown University in 2016, and graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 2017.[3] He is a major in the Jordanian Armed Forces.[7]

Heir apparent

Royal Standard of the Crown Prince of Jordan

Abdullah was not expected to succeed to the throne despite being King Hussein's eldest son; King Hussein had appointed his own younger brother Prince Hassan - Abdullah's uncle - as heir designate in 1965.[8] Shortly before King Hussein's 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, the Constitution of Jordan provides for agnatic primogeniture: the monarch's eldest son is automatically first in the line of succession to the Jordanian throne unless decreed otherwise.[8] Crown Prince Hussein thus became heir apparent as soon as his half-uncle lost the status. Analysts widely expected King Abdullah 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

The Crown Prince and the King met with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C., February 2024

Unlike the King's role, the Crown Prince's role 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 the Arab Revolt and the Armed Forces Day.[11]

Crown Prince Hussein has served his father on both official and military missions,[10] and has served several times as regent during 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 & humanitarian initiatives.[12] The foundation established the Haqiq initiative, which aims to encourage youth for volunteerism; a NASA internship 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 a cubesat (mini satellite) named JY1, Jordan's first satellite that launched from California in 2018.[13] The cubesat project was named after the late King Hussein's amateur radio callsign.[14]

In 2013, Crown Prince Hussein participated in a training session with the members of the Jordanian special forces elite 71st Counter Terrorism Battalion.[15] On 14 July 2014, Hussein visited the King Hussein Medical Center in Amman where injured Palestinians who fled Gaza were receiving medical treatment.[16]

On 23 April 2015, the then-20-year-old Prince Hussein became the youngest person ever to chair a UN Security Council session.[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 adopted Resolution 2250 titled "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 the World Economic Forum that was held on the Jordanian shores of the Dead 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]

On 19 July 2021, Abdullah and Hussein were received at the White House by U.S. President Joe Biden.[19]

Personal life

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

The Crown Prince's Instagram account has 5.1 million followers as of January 2024; he posts pictures that showcase his hobbies, which include reading, playing football, 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 of Amman following their wedding, 1 June 2023

On 17 August 2022, the Royal Hashemite Court announced the engagement of Crown Prince Hussein to Saudi citizen Rajwa Al Saif.[20] The couple met via a mutual friend. The engagement ceremony was held at the home of Al Saif's father in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.[20] Al Saif is the daughter of Khaled bin Musaed bin Saif bin Abdulaziz Al Saif and Azza bint Nayef bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al Sudairi (daughter of a maternal first cousin of King Salman of Saudi Arabia).[21] Al Saif attended the Syracuse University School of Architecture.[21] The couple married on 1 June 2023 at Zahran Palace.[22] On 3 August 2024, the couple had their first child, a daughter named Princess Iman.[23]

Honours

National honours

Foreign honours

See also

References

  1. ^ "Royal Decree promotes Crown Prince to rank of major in JAF". King Abdullah II. royal hashemite court. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abdullah II". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. pp. 23. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
  3. ^ a b c d e "His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein Bin Abdullah". alhussein.jo. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Hashemite Ancestry". alhussein.jo (in Arabic). 1 January 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  5. ^ "King Hussein is dead". CNN. 7 February 1999. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Profile: King Abdullah II of Jordan". themuslim500.com. 1 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Royal Decree promotes Crown Prince to rank of captain in JAF". 11 November 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Jordan crown prince loses title". BBC News. 29 November 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Jordan's king names son, 15, as crown prince". Reuters. 3 July 2009. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g "Jordan's young crown prince makes global debut in UN speech". abcnews. Associated Press. 22 September 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Crown Prince joins Army Day celebration". Ammon News. 11 June 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Al Hussein Technical University seeks to prepare graduates with 'quality technical skills'". The Jordan Times. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Crown Prince announces launch of first Jordanian mini satellite". Jordan Times. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  14. ^ "NASA-trained young Jordanian develops, with team, nanosatellite 'CubeSat'". The Jordan Times. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  15. ^ "Crown Prince trains with the 71st Special Battalion". Royanews (in Arabic). 1 October 2013. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  16. ^ "Regent visits injured Palestinians at Al Hussein Medical Center". Jordan News Agency (Petra). 14 July 2014. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  17. ^ a b c d "Security Council unanimously adopts Jordan-proposed resolution on youth". The Jordan Times. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  18. ^ a b "Jordanian prince, 20, becomes youngest to chair UN Security Council meeting". Fox News. Associated Press. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  19. ^ "US Resets Ties with Key Arab Ally Jordan After Bumpy Ride". www.voanews.com – Voice of America. 21 July 2021.
  20. ^ a b Heyman, Taylor (17 August 2022). "Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein engaged to Rajwa Al Saif". Gulf Today. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  21. ^ a b "Who is Rajwa Al Saif, the fiancée of the Crown Prince?". Roya News. 17 August 2022. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  22. ^ "Royal Hashemite Court announces date of Crown Prince's wedding". Royal Hashemite Court. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  23. ^ "Princess Rajwa, Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan welcome their first child". Arab News. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  24. ^ Instagram
  25. ^ Kongehuset
  26. ^ "State visit to Jordan". kungahuset.se. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

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