Princess Sumaya bint Al Hassan

Princess Sumaya
Princess Sumaya bint Hassan
Born	(1971-05-14) 14 May 1971 (age 46) Amman, Jordan
Spouse	Nasser Judeh (div. 2007)
Issue	Tariq Judeh Zein Al-Sharaf Judeh Ali Judeh Sukayna Judeh
House	Hashemite (by birth)
Father	Prince Hassan bin Talal
Mother	Sarvath Ikramullah
Religion	Islam

Sumaya bint Hassan (born 14 May 1971) is a princess of Jordan.

Sumaya is the second daughter of Prince Hassan bin Talal and Princess Sarvath al-Hassan. She was born in Amman on 14 May 1971 and received her primary education in Jordan. She later attended Sherborne School for Girls in Dorset, England. She went on to graduate from the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London.

Princess Sumaya was married to Nasser Judeh (born 1960), the son of Sami Judeh, a former Cabinet Minister. They divorced in 2007. Nasser Judeh was the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2015 to 2017. They have four children:

Sumaya chairs the Board of Trustees of the Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT), founded in 1991.

In October 2006 she was appointed President of the Royal Scientific Society (RSS) by her father. She had previously sat on the Board of Trustees of the RSS, Jordan’s leading applied research institute. She also sits as Deputy-Chair of the Higher Council for Science and Technology (HCST), a government body that advises the State on public policy issues relating to science and technology.

Sumaya founded El Hassan Science City (EHSC), which was inaugurated by King Abdullah II on 17 April 2007.

She has taken the Directorship and Chairmanship of the National Campaign for Public Awareness of the Drivers of Change, a two-year project launched by the king in May 2010, as an initiative of EHSC.

In August 2011, she was invited by the Director General of UNESCO to join her High Panel on Science, Technology, and Innovation for Development, while in November 2011, she was elected President of the ESCWA Technology Centre which has its regional base in Amman.