Abdullah II of Jordan

King of Jordan since 1999

Abdullah II (Abdullah bin Hussein; born 30 January 1962) is the king of Jordan, having acceded to the throne on 7 February 1999. He is a member of the Hashemites, who have been the reigning royal family of Jordan since 1921, and is traditionally regarded as a 41st-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Abdullah was born in Amman, as the first child of King Hussein and his wife, Princess Muna.

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