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His Majesty King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein

His Majesty King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein
Date of Birth03-January-1962
City of BirthAmman  Jordan
The Royal Institution :The King
Jordanian Armed Forces :Supreme Commander of The Armed Forces
Education
1966 He began his primary education at the Islamic Educational College in Amman  (Jordan)
He joint St. Edmund′s School in Surrey, England  (Jordan)
For his secondary education, he attended Eaglebrook School and Deerfield Academy in the United States of America  (Jordan)
1982 He attended Oxford University where he completed a Special Studies in Middle Eastern Affairs.  (Jordan)
1988 MA in International Affairs, from Georgetown University in the USA  (Jordan)
Past Occupation
1980 1981 King Abdullah joined The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the United Kingdom, and was commissioned as Second Lieutenant  (Jordan)
He appointed Reconnaissance Troop Leader in the 13th/18th Battalion of the Royal Hussars(British Army)  (Jordan)
He joined the jordanian Armed Forces and served as Platoon Commander and Company 2nd - in - Command in the 40th Armored Brigade  (Jordan)
1985 He attended the Armored Officers Advanced Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA  (Jordan)
1986 Commander of a Tank Company in the 91th Armored Brigade of the Jordanian Armed Forces, holding the rank of Captain  (Jordan)
1988 He served with the Royal Jordanian Airforce Anti-Tank Wing, He also qualified as a Cobre Attack Pilot  (Jordan)
Commander of the Royal Jordanian Special Forces  (Jordan)
The Special Operations Commander  (Jordan)
24/0 07/0 Nominated as The Crown Prince  (Jordan)
(last updated: 30-October-2002)






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