predecessor successor succession birth_place religion title regent coronation image article_title name reign
fayez al-tarawneh hussein hussein ii of jordan king of jordan amman , jordan sunni islam '' see list '' -lcb- -lcb- list collapsed 9 june 1999 king abdullah portrait.jpg abdullah ii of jordan
 abdullah ii 7 february 1999 -- present
abdullah ii of jordan

abdullah ii bin al-hussein -lrb- , '' ʿabdullāh aṯ-ṯānī ibn al-Ḥusayn '' ; born 30 january 1962 -rrb- has been the king of jordan since he ascended the throne on 7 february 1999 upon the death of his father king hussein .
he is a member of the hashemite family , which has ruled jordan since 1946 and claims to be descended from the islamic prophet muhammad .
abdullah was born to hussein and his second wife , the british-born princess muna al-hussein .
he was named crown prince shortly after his birth .
king hussein transferred the title to his own brother , hassan , in 1965 , only to return it to abdullah in 1999 .
he is married to queen rania , who is of palestinian origin .
in 1993 , he assumed command of jordan 's special forces and became a major general in may 1998 .
