Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein

Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein
Prince Faisal of Jordan
Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein in 2009
Spouse Princess Alia
(m. 1987, div. 2008)

Sara Qabbani (m. 2010)
Issue
Princess Ayah
Prince Omar
Princess Sara
Princess Aisha
House Hashemite
Father Hussein of Jordan
Mother Princess Muna
Born 11 October 1963 (1963-10-11) (age 48)
Amman, Jordan

Prince Faisal of Jordan (Arabic language: فيصل بن حسين; born 11 October 1963, Amman, Jordan) is the son of King Hussein and Princess Muna Al Hussein, and the younger brother of King Abdullah II.

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Education

After early schooling in Amman, Prince Faisal moved to England in 1970 where he attended St. Edmund’s School in Surrey. The following year he moved to the United States where he attended the Bement School in Deerfield, Massachusetts for the next two years. He then moved schools again, this time to the Eaglebrook School was also based in Deerfield. In 1978 Prince Faisal commenced his high school education at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C. which he graduated from in 1981. His university education was at Brown University from where he graduated in 1985 with a BSc degree in electrical engineering. During his university years, Prince Faisal took flying lessons and obtained a private pilot’s license.[1]

Military service

Prior to graduating from Brown University, Prince Faisal spent a period of time with the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) from whom he received helicopter training. In the summer of 1985 he gained his RJAF wings and then underwent officer training with the Royal Air Force at Cranwell. Remaining at Cranwell he did his RAF Basic Flying Training in 1986 before moving to RAF Valley where he completed Advanced Flying Training on jets and received his RAF wings in 1987. Later that year Prince Faisal completed yet further flying training at the Tactical Weapons Unit, at Chivenor in Devon.[1]

He then went on to serve in various positions in the Royal Jordanian Air Force, being promoted to Major General in 2001 and taking up the senior Air Force post of Chief of Air Staff in the following year. He reached the rank of Lieutenant General in 2004.

Other activities

He has been a supervisor and advisor to Royal Wings Airlines since 1995. He is also currently the head of the Jordan Olympic Committee and an avid Taekwando fan.

Private life

Jordanian Royal Family

HM Queen Noor

Extended royal family

Prince Faisal married Alia Tabbaa of Jordan in August 1987. She is the daughter of Sayyid Tawfik al-Tabbah, founder and president of Royal Jordanian Air Lines. They have four children together:

Prince Faisal and Princess Alia divorced in April 2008.[2] Since the divorce, Princess Alia is styled Princess Alia Tabbaa of Jordan.

Prince Faisal got engaged to Sara Qabbani on 20 March 2010 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The couple married on 24 May 2010.

Honours

Faisal and his former wife, Alia, were granted the Gran Cruz Order of Isabella the Catholic, in 2006 by King Juan Carlos of Spain.

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.princesshaya.net/bio_faisal.htm
  2. ^ His Royal Highness Prince Feisal Ibn Al-Hussein of Jordan to deliver opening session keynote address at WaterSmart Innovations

External links

Jordan portal
Royal titles
Preceded by
Prince Hashem bin Al Abdullah		 Line of succession to the Jordanian throne
3rd position		 Succeeded by
Prince Omar bin Al Faisal