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Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein [a] (born 30 January 1962) is King of Jordan, having ascended the throne on 7 February 1999.He is a member of the Hashemite, who have been the reigning royal family of Jordan since 1921, and is considered a 41st-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Abdullah I bin Al-Hussein (Arabic: عبد الله الأول بن الحسين, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh al-Awwal bin al-Ḥusayn, 2 February 1882 – 20 July 1951) was the ruler of Jordan from 11 April 1921 until his assassination in 1951.
King Abdullah I, born in Mecca in 1882, was a prominent figure in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I. [2] [3] As a son of Hussein bin Ali, the Hashemite leader of the revolt, [4] Abdullah played a key role in Arab efforts to gain independence.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will meet Middle East ally, Jordan's King Abdullah II, at the White House on Monday with prospects for a Gaza ceasefire appearing slim and Palestinian ...
He gave him a gift, engraved with the ciphers of the King and Queen, to mark 25 years since Abdullah became King of Jordan.
AMMAN (Reuters) -Jordan's King Abdullah warned on Monday of the dangers of a planned Israeli military operation in Rafah, Gaza, and reiterated his appeal for an immediate ceasefire to protect ...
But, as the King notes, governance is not as orderly as the army. Directives go unheeded, deadlines are missed and rather than bullets or mortars, progress is threatened by excuses and delays. Despite economic reform, King Abdullah admits that political reform in the Kingdom over the past decade has at times been "two steps forward, one step back".
Abdullah II of Jordan (born 1962), king of Jordan since 1999 List of things named after King Abdullah II; Abdullah I of Jordan (1882–1951), king of Transjordan; Abdullah Khan II (1533/4–1598), ruler of the Khanate of Bukhara; Abdullah of Pahang (born 1959), the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia and the Sultan of Pahang since 2019