Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad
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His Royal Highness Zeid bin Ra'ad al-Hussein |
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Prince Zeid in 2015
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| United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights | |
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Assumed office 1 September 2014 |
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| Nominated by | Ban Ki-moon |
| Preceded by | Navi Pillay |
| Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations | |
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In office September 2010 – 22 July 2014 |
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| Monarch | Abdullah II |
| Preceded by | Mohammed Al-Allaf |
| Succeeded by | Dina Kawar |
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In office 7 August 2000 – 2 January 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Hassan Abu Nimeh |
| Succeeded by | Mohammed Al-Allaf |
| 18th Ambassador of Jordan to the United States | |
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In office 22 January 2007 – 27 February 2010 |
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| Monarch | Abdullah II |
| Preceded by | Karim Kawar |
| Succeeded by | Alia Hatough Bouran |
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26 January 1964 Amman, Jordan |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Butler (m. 2000) |
| Children | Prince Ra'ad Princess Hala Princess Azziza Prince Zaid |
| Mother | Madja Ra'ad |
| Father | Prince Ra'ad bin Zeid |
| Education | Reed's School |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| House | Hashemite dynasty |
| Website | Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights |
Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein (Arabic: زيد ابن رعد حسین; born 26 January 1964) is the current United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, having taken up this post in September 2014. A career diplomat, Zeid played a central role in the establishment of the International Criminal Court, and was elected the first president of the Assembly of State Parties of the International Criminal Court in September 2002. He also served as a political affairs officer in UNPROFOR, in the former Yugoslavia, from 1994 to 1996.
He served as Jordan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2000 until 2007, when he was appointed as Jordan's Ambassador to the United States and non-resident Ambassador to Mexico. He was re-appointed Permanent Representative in 2010 and served until 2014, resigning shortly before his selection as High Commissioner.
He is the son of Prince Ra'ad bin Zeid, Lord Chamberlain of Jordan, and his Swedish-born wife, Margaretha Inga Elisabeth Lind, subsequently known as Majda Raad. As the United Nations does not permit the use of royal or other titles by its officials in the context of their official work, he is known as Zeid Raad Al Hussein in his capacity as United Nations High Commissioner.
He is the apparent first in line to the throne of the Kingdom of Iraq according to the mainstream claim, with the title of Crown Prince.
Zeid was born in Amman, Jordan. He was educated at Reed's School, Surrey, in England, then at Johns Hopkins University in the United States, where he was a prominent member of the university's rugby club and graduated B.A. in 1987. He was then a research student at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he gained a PhD in 1993.
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