Prince Rashid bin Hassan (born 20 May 1979) is a member of the Jordanian royal family. He is the son of

Prince Hassan bin Talal Prince Hassan bin Talal ( ar, الحسن بن طلال, born 20 March 1947) is a member of the Jordanian royal family who was previously Crown Prince from 1965 to 1999, being removed just three weeks before Hussein of Jordan, King Hussein's death ...

and Princess Sarvath al-Hassan.

Education

* Amman Baccalaureate School * Port Regis School *

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Career

Prince Rashid was a

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in the

Jordanian Armed Forces The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) ( ar, الْقُوَّاتُ الْمُسَلَّحَةُ الأرْدُنِية, romanized: ''Al-Quwwat Al-Musallaha Al-Urduniyya''), also referred to as the Arab Army ( ar, الْجَيْشُ الْعَرَبي ...

and is currently a

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in the

Public Security Directorate Jordan Public Security Directorate, or PSD (Arabic: ) is a public security agency of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which lies under the jurisdiction of the country's Ministry of Interior. Background Jordan's law enforcement is under the pu ...

serving as the police special operations commander.

Marriage

Prince Rashid became officially engaged to Miss Zeina Shaban (born 1988), on 3 July 2010. They married on 22 July 2011, at the Basman Palace in Amman. A

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champion, Princess Zeina represented Jordan at the 2003 World Table Tennis Championships in

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, the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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and the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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where she was also the national flag bearer of Jordan. The couple has two sons: Hassan (b. 2013) and Talal (b. 2016)."Prince Rashed, Princess Zeina welcome baby boy"
Petra News Agency, 2 February 2016.

Organizations

''Head of the:'' * Jordan Amateur Boxing Association from 1999 to 2007 ''Captain of the:'' * Jordanian Polo Team since 2005 ''Chairman of the:'' * Board of Trustees of the Hashemite Charitable Organization since 2002 ''Chairman of the:'' * Cooperative Monitoring Center (CMC) Amman since 2006-2012 ''President of the:'' * Jordan Taekwondo Federation since 2007

Awards

* The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Renaissance (1996) * The Sitara-e-Esar Award from

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(2007)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rashid bin Hassan, Prince 1979 births Living people People educated at Amman Baccalaureate School People educated at Port Regis School People educated at Harrow School Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Jordanian generals House of Hashim Jordanian princes Jordanian people of Pakistani descent Jordanian Muslims People from Amman Suhrawardy family Jordanian people of Bengali descent