Abdullah II of Jordan is the husband of Queen Rania Al-Abdullah.
Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein is King of Jordan, having ascended the throne on February 7, 1999.
He is a member of the Hashemite dynasty, which has been the reigning royal family of Jordan since 1921 and is considered a 41st-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Abdullah II of Jordan was born on January 30, 1962, in Amman, Jordan as the first child of King Hussein and his second wife, Princess Muna Al-Hussein.
He has three siblings; Prince Faisal bin Hussein, Princess Aisha bint Hussein and Princess Zein bint Hussein. Abdullah II also has seven paternal half-siblings; Princess Alia, Princess Haya, Prince Ali, Prince Hamzah, Prince Hashem, Princess Iman, and Princess Raiyah.
Abdullah II of Jordan attended Pembroke College, Oxford, in 1982, where he completed a one-year special-studies course in Middle Eastern affairs. He then went to the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., in 1987, undertaking advanced study and research in international affairs.
Abdullah II of Jordan began his military career in 1980 as a training officer in the Jordanian Armed Forces, later assuming command of the country’s Special Forces in 1994, ultimately becoming a major general in 1998.
Abdullah II of Jordan met Rania Al-Yassin at a dinner party in January 1993.
The couple tied the knot on June 10, 1993, and their wedding ceremony was considered a national holiday.
Abdullah ascended the throne on February 7, 1999, and proclaimed Rania Queen on March 22, 1999.
Abdullah II of Jordan and Rania Al-Abdullah share four children; Princess Iman bint Abdullah, Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan, Princess Salma bint Abdullah and Prince Hashem bin Abdullah.
The 2021 Pandora Papers leak and the 2022 Credit Suisse leak revealed that Abdullah retained a vast empire of wealth that he disguised through offshore companies and tax havens; the Royal Court responded that the offshore accounts were used for offering privacy and security, while the funds were a result of private wealth inherited from his father.