| Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein | |
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| Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein in 2009 | |
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| Born | 11 October 1963 Amman, Jordan |
| Spouse(s) | Princess Alia (m. 1987, div. 2008) Sara Qabbani (m. 2010, div. 2013) |
Prince Faisal of Jordan (Arabic language: فيصل بن حسين; born 11 October 1963) is the son of King Hussein and Princess Muna Al Hussein, and the younger brother of King Abdullah II.
Education[]
Prince Faisal was born in Amman. After his early schooling in Amman, Prince Faisal was sent in 1970 to the UK where he attended St Edmund's School, Hindhead, 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 Eaglebrook School, also 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 licence.[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[]
Prince Feisal has been President of the Jordan Olympic Committee since 2003 and Chairman and Founder of Generations For Peace since 2007, a non-profit peace building organization, the brain child of his ex-wife Sarah Kabbani who was also his advisor for many years before their marriage. Following a period of strategic development and implementation of unique peace through sport programs run jointly by Sarah and Prince Feisal, he was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee in 2010.
Private life[]
Prince Faisal married Alia Tabba of Jordan in August 1987. She is the daughter of Sayyid Tawfik al-Tabbah, founder and president of Royal Jordanian Air Lines and his wife, Lamia Addem.[2] They have four children together:
- Princess Ayah (11 February 1990)
- Prince Omar (22 October 1993)
- Princess Sara (27 March 1997) (twin of Aisha)
- Princess Aisha (27 March 1997) (twin of Sara)
Prince Faisal and Princess Alia divorced in April 2008.[3]
Prince Faisal got engaged to Sara Bassam Kabbani on 20 March 2010 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The couple married on 24 May 2010. It was announced on the princess's Facebook page that he and Princess Sarah divorced on 14 September 2013, after three years of marriage. The couple has no children.
Honours[]
Faisal's honours[]
National honours[]
see ribbon bars on the illustration photo
Jordan : Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance (
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Jordan : Grand Cordon of the Order of the Star of Jordan ()- Jordan : Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence (Jordan) ()
Foreign honours[]
- Spain : Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, on 26 May 2006 by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.[4]
Alia's honours[]
Foreign honours[]
- Spain : Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, on 26 May 2006 by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.[4]
Ancestry[]
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