Prince Abdullah bin Ali
| Prince Ali bin Hussein | |
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23 December 1975 Amman, Jordan |
| Spouse | Princess Rym Al Ali (m. 2004) |
| Issue | Princess Jalilah Prince Abdullah |
| House | Hashemite |
| Father | Hussein of Jordan |
| Mother | Alia Toukan |
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| Jordanian royal family |
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Prince Ali bin Hussein (Arabic: الأمير علي بن الحسين; born 23 December 1975) is the third son of King Hussein, and the second child of the king by his third wife, Queen Alia. He is also the half brother of King Abdullah II. He is a member of the Hashemite family, which has ruled Jordan since 1921 and claims to be descended from the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
In September 2015, Prince Ali announced his candidacy in the FIFA presidential election following Sepp Blatter's resignation.
Ali spent his summers in 1984 and 1986 at Camp Agawam in Raymond, Maine.
Prince Ali began his primary education at the Islamic Educational College in Amman. He continued his studies in the United Kingdom, the United States and graduated from Salisbury School in Connecticut in 1993, where he excelled in wrestling.
He entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the United Kingdom. Ali was commissioned as an officer in December 1994 and was awarded the Brunei Medal for serving in Brunei. Before continuing his studies in the United States, he served in the Jordanian Special Forces as a pathfinder, earning his military freefall parachute wings. He completed his undergraduate education at Princeton University in 1999.
Prince Ali is fluent in Arabic, English, and Circassian.
In 1998 Prince Ali went on a publicized horseback journey to the Caucasus (Circassia), from Jordan through Syria and Turkey, to raise awareness of the Circassian diaspora worldwide. The trip traced (in reverse) the path of the exodus that brought the Circassians to Jordan.
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