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'''Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein'''{{efn|{{lang-ar| عبدالله الثاني بن الحسين |translit=ʿAbd Allāh aṯ-ṯānī ibn al-Ḥusayn}}}} (born 30 January 1962) is [[King of Jordan]], having ascended the throne on 7 February 1999. He is a member of the [[Hashemite]] dynasty, who have been the reigning [[royal family]] of Jordan since 1921, and is considered a [[Hashemites family tree|41st-generation direct descendant]] of the
Abdullah was born in [[Amman]] as the first child of [[King Hussein]] and his wife, [[Princess Muna]]. As the king's eldest son, Abdullah was [[heir apparent]] until Hussein transferred the title to Abdullah's uncle [[Prince Hassan bin Talal|Prince Hassan]] in 1965. Abdullah began his schooling in Amman, continuing his education abroad. He began his military career in 1980 as a training officer in the [[Jordanian Armed Forces]], later assuming command of the country's [[Joint Special Operations Command (Jordan)|Special Forces]] in 1994, eventually becoming a major general in 1998. In 1993, Abdullah married [[Rania Al-Yassin]], with whom he has four children: [[Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan|Crown Prince Hussein]], [[Princess Iman bint Abdullah|Princess Iman]], [[Princess Salma bint Abdullah|Princess Salma]] and [[Prince Hashem bin Abdullah|Prince Hashem]]. A few weeks before [[Death and state funeral of Hussein of Jordan|his death]] in 1999, King Hussein named Abdullah his heir, and Abdullah succeeded his father.
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