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12 unusual facts about Abdullah II of Jordan


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Abdullah II of Jordan, King Abdullah II bin al-Hussein, the current King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Bridget Kendall

Later in 2001 she interviewed King Abdullah of Jordan for the BBC and hosted a similar event in Moscow with former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev in 2002.

Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Maryland and Washington, D.C.

President George W. Bush along with Abdullah II of Jordan were evacuated from the city to the presidential retreat at Camp David.

Gunsite Training Center

King Abdullah of Jordan, who himself was trained at Gunsite, along with members of his staff, while Crown Prince.

Hejaz Railway

Since the accession of King Abdullah II relations between Jordan and Syria have improved, causing a revival of interest in the railway.

Kenneth Bigley

Bigley's family, particularly his brother Paul, was successful, with the help of the Irish government, in eliciting support for Bigley's release from Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, King Abdullah of Jordan, and Colonel Gadaffi of Libya, who made public statements.

Mark MacKinnon

MacKinnon has interviewed Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Israeli President Shimon Peres, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, as well as King Abdullah II of Jordan and former Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze.

Peter Greenberg

It has featured a number of world leaders including New Zealand's Helen Clark, Abdullah II of Jordan, and Peru's Alejandro Toledo.

Princess Ayah bint Al Faisal

Princess Ayah bint Al Faisal of Jordan (born 11 February 1990) is the daughter of Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein and Princess Alia and is a niece of King Abdullah II of Jordan.

Royal Falcon

In 2007, inspired by the vision of His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan, Royal Falcon Airlines was set up as a second air carrier.

Yair Naveh

Naveh predicted that King Abdullah would fall and that he would be Jordan's last king, drawing an angry reaction from Jordan, for which Israel had to apologize on Naveh's behalf.

Zeina Shaban

Shortly after the Olympics, she was awarded the prestigious King Hussein Medal for Achievement by His Majesty King Abdullah II, for her full participation to the games and vast display of sportsmanship and national pride.


Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh

On 17 October 2011, he was appointed by King Abdullah II as prime minister of Jordan, replacing Marouf al-Bakhit (who had been accused of corruption during an earlier tenure as prime minister).

Basma bint Talal

Princess Basma bint Talal of Jordan (born Amman, Jordan, on 11 May 1951) is the only daughter of King Talal and Queen Zein al-Sharaf Talal, sister of King Hussein of Jordan and paternal aunt to the current King, King Abdullah II.

Edmund A. Walsh

Heads of state educated at the School have included King Abdullah of Jordan and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines.

Political status of the Palestinian territories

In January 2010, King Abdullah of Jordan, after a meeting with the Israeli president Shimon Peres at the World Economic Forum in Davos, declared that his country does not want to rule the West Bank and that "the two-state solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was the only viable option.

Presidency of Hafez al-Assad

Hussein's successor, King Abdullah visited Syria in April 1999, which was described as a "turning point" in the relationship between two countries.

Princess Basmah Bani Ahmad

The ceremony was attended by King Abdullah II, Queen Rania, Queen Noor, a number of Royal family members, Mahmoud Hassan Bani Ahmad, his wife and other members of his family members.

Princess Zein bint Al Hussein

Princess Zein bint Al Hussein (born 23 April 1968 in Amman, Jordan) is the sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan and is the twin sister of Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein