The 4 year King of Jordan, known as King Abdullah Il, replaced the Ayur-Ayya king Hussein ibn Thalal. He is the eldest son of King Hussein and his second wife, Toni Card mer, who also has the name of Princess Muna when they married in 1381 H / 1961 M.
Abdullah ibn Hussein was also a career soldier in the army and became one of the backbones of the Hashimid dynasty. Born on Tuesday, 13 Sya'ban 1381 H / 30 January 1962 AD When he was only 4 years old, he was sent to England and completed his high school in the United States. Then he took a one-year course of international politics at the University of Oxford, England, and Georgetown University, Washington D.C., before entering the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, England.
The king, who is also a pilot and jumper, loves car racing and diving, as well as members of this frog troop, before being appointed crown prince, then king, has a big role in special forces, a special command unit to maintain the domestic order that helps quell riots in southern Jordan in 1386 AH / 1966 AD A year later, the husband of Rania Al-Yassin-a Jordanian-Palestinian woman-led a special forces operation to storm the hideout of armed gangs that have killed eight people in Amman. Therefore, a few months later, his father upgraded his rank to general major.
On Monday, 7 Syawwal 1419 H / 25 January 1999 AD, at the age of 36, Abdullah ibn Hussein was officially appointed crown prince to succeed Prince Hassan, based on the king's decree signed by Hussein in Bab Al-Salam, his palace located on the west Amman. The substitution of the royal holder took place only a few days after Hussein returned to his country and underwent 6 months of cancer treatment at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Just as the father died, on Sunday, 20 Syawwal 1419 H / 7 February 1999 AD, Abdullah ibn Hussein also swore his appointment as the new king of Jordan in a joint assembly of the Jordanian parliament, succeeding his father who has been in power for 45 years.