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Revision as of 12:01, 21 March 2010
| Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein | |
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| Prince Faisal of Jordan | |
| Spouse | Princess Alia (m. 1987, div. 2006) |
| Issue | Princess Ayah Prince Omar Princess Sara Princess Aisha |
| House | Hashemite |
| Father | Hussein of Jordan |
| Mother | Princess Muna |
Prince Faisal of Jordan (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.
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 DC 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 Jordanian Olympic Committee and an avid Taekwando fan.
Private Life
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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:
- 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. [2]
Prince Faisal got engaged to Sara Qabbani on 20 March 2010.
Honours
Faisal and his former wife, Alia, were granted the Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica, in 2006 by King Juan Carlos of Spain.
Ancestry
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References
- ^ a b http://www.princesshaya.net/bio_faisal.htm
- ^ [http://www.watersmartinnovations.com/hussein.html His Royal Highness Prince Feisal Ibn Al-Hussein of Jordan to deliver opening session keynote address at WaterSmart Innovations]