House Hashemite | Mother Princess Muna Name Prince bin | |
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Issue Princess AyahPrince OmarPrincess SaraPrincess Aisha Spouse Zeina Lubbadeh (m. 2014), Sara Qabbani (m. 2010–2013), Princess Alia Tabba (m. 1987–2008) Children Princess Ayah bint Faisal, Princess Sara bint Faisal, Prince Omar bin Faisal, Princess Aisha bint Faisal Parents Hussein of Jordan, Princess Muna al-Hussein Siblings Abdullah II of Jordan, Ali bin Hussein Grandparents Talal of Jordan, Zein al-Sharaf Talal, Walter Percy Gardiner Similar People Abdullah II of Jordan, Princess Muna al‑Hussein, Hussein of Jordan, Hashem bin Abdullah, Hussein - Crown Prince of | ||
Prince Faisal bin Hussein (Arabic: فيصل بن حسين; born 11 October 1963) is a son of King Hussein and Princess Muna, and the younger brother of King Abdullah II. From time to time, he has served as Regent during his brother's absences abroad.
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Education
Faisal was born in Amman, Jordan. After early schooling in Amman, Faisal was sent in 1970 to his mother's native United Kingdom where he attended St. Edmund's School in Hindhead, England. 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, Feisal 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 ScB degree in electrical engineering. During his university years, Faisal took flying lessons and obtained a private pilot's license.
Military service
Prior to graduating from Brown University, Faisal served in the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF), from which 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, Feisal completed further flying training at the Tactical Weapons Unit, at Chivenor in Devon.
Faisal then went on to serve in various positions in the Royal Jordanian Air Force. He was promoted to Major General in 2001, and assumed the senior Air Force post of Chief of Air Staff the following year. He reached the rank of Lieutenant General in 2004.
He is currently Deputy Supreme Commander of the Jordanian Armed Forces.
Other
Faisal 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 Faisal, he was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee in 2010.
From time to time, he has served as Regent while his brother the king was out of the country.
Personal life
Faisal married Alia Tabbaa in August 1987. Alia is the daughter of Sayyid Tawfik al-Tabbah, founder and president of Royal Jordanian Air Lines and his wife, Lamia Addem. They have four children together:
Prince Faisal and Princess Alia divorced in April 2008.
Prince Faisal got engaged to Sara Bassam Qabbani 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 Prince Faisal and Princess Sara divorced on 14 September 2013, after three years of marriage. The couple had no children.
Prince Faisal married Jordanian radio presenter Zeina Lubbadeh, daughter of businessman Dr. Fares Lubbadeh, on 4 January 2014. The marriage ceremony was held at her parents' home in Amman. In addition to Prince Faisal's four children with his first wife, he and Princess Zeina have two children together: