Born on the 29th of March 1980, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein is the 43rd generation direct descendent of the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him). His Majesty King Abdullah II officially named him as Crown Prince of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan upon the death of His Majesty the late King Hussein, on 7th of February 1999.
Crown Prince Hamzah received his elementary education in Jordan and then attended Harrow School in England. He then joined the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, passing-out as a commissioned officer in the Jordan Arab Army in December 1999, with a number of prizes including the Sandhurst Overseas Sword, granted to the best overseas cadet and the HRH Prince Saud Abdullah Prize, presented to the cadet with the best aggregate mark in academic subjects.
Serving then as an officer in the Jordan Arab Army's 40th Armored Brigade, Prince Hamzah attended a number of military courses and attachments in Jordan, the UK, Poland, Germany and the US. Currently holding the rank of Captain in the Jordan Arab Army, he served with the Jordan-United Arab Emirates force operating in former Yugoslavia under the umbrella of international peacekeepers. From September 2001, however, he will be taking time off from his military career to enroll as an undergraduate at a university in the US.
Crown Prince Hamzah has also served his country in a number of other capacities; he was sworn in as Regent on numerous occasions and deputized for His Majesty King Abdullah II on a number of missions in the Kingdom and abroad. Prince Hamzah is the Higher President of Jordan's Aal Al Bayt Foundation for Islamic Thought. He is also the Honorary President of the Jordan Basketball Federation. He has received a number of high decorations from Jordan and other countries, including Bahrain and Italy.
Crown Prince Hamzah is a qualified helicopter pilot and enjoys parachuting, scuba diving, shooting, taekwondo and fencing.
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