Thursday marks the 24th birthday of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II.

The eldest son of Their Majesties King Abdullah and Queen Rania Al Abdullah, His Royal Highness was born in Amman on 28 June 1994 and is the 42nd generation direct descendant of Prophet Mohammad.

A Royal Decree was issued on 2 July 2009 naming His Royal Highness as Crown Prince.

In 2017, Crown Prince Al Hussein graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which his father, King Abdullah, and his grandfather, His Majesty the late King Hussein, had graduated.

In 2016, His Royal Highness graduated from the prestigious Georgetown University in Washington, DC, where he majored in international history. His Royal Highness had graduated in 2012 from King’s Academy in Madaba.

Crown Prince Al Hussein holds the rank of second lieutenant in the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army and has participated in several military training courses.

His Royal Highness has served as Regent on several occasions, and has accompanied His Majesty on official visits to a number of friendly and sisterly states.

Emulating the King’s keenness to maintain communication with fellow Jordanians, Crown Prince Al Hussein has accompanied His Majesty on many visits around the Kingdom. His Royal Highness has also accompanied the King on various national occasions, and when welcoming Jordan’s guests.

The Crown Prince has given young people his utmost attention, with the Crown Prince Foundation, launched in 2015, geared towards promoting innovation among youth and building on their creativity and potential to enable them to gain the experience necessary to reach leading professional positions in Jordan.

In the same vein, Al Hussein Technical University was established to enhance the quality of technical education by setting clear and effective standards in this sector nationwide, based on advanced academic programmes.

In addition to focusing on youth and volunteerism, Crown Prince Al Hussein also gives attention to sports and children, launching a number of initiatives that have reached beneficiaries around the governorates. The Crown Prince Foundation is now the legal umbrella for many of these initiatives.

Internationally, Crown Prince Al Hussein has followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather by supporting efforts to bring peace and enhance security and stability in the region and the world.

On 23 April 2015, the Crown Prince became the youngest person ever to chair a UN Security Council meeting, leading an open debate on the Role of Youth in Countering Violent Extremism and Promoting Peace.

Jordan hosted the Global Forum on Youth, Peace and Security in May 2015 after Crown Prince Al Hussein called for it in his speech.

Participants at the forum released the Amman Youth Declaration on Youth, Peace and Security, and His Royal Highness pledged that Jordan, through its UN Security Council membership, would push for adopting a resolution based on the declaration’s recommendations.

To that end, on 9 December 2015, Jordan submitted a draft resolution on youth, peace, and security, which was adopted unanimously by the Security Council as Resolution 2250.

In September 2017, the Crown Prince, deputising for the King, delivered Jordan’s address at the 72nd Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

In May 2017, the Crown Prince delivered the keynote address at the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa, hosted by the Kingdom under the theme of “Enabling a Generational Transformation”.