Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad
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Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad of Jordan (born October 15, 1966 in Amman, Jordan) is a Jordanian prince. He is the son of Prince Muhammad bin Talal of Jordan and his first wife Firyal Irshaid. He is the grandson of the late King Talal I of Jordan.
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[edit] Education
As a child Prince Ghazi was educated at Harrow School in the United Kingdom. He then went on to study at Princeton University, New Jersey, USA, he graduated from there in 1988 with a BA. He returned to England to study at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1993 with a Ph.D in Literature.
[edit] Career
During his studies Ghazi joined the Royal Jordanian Desert Police in November, 1989 as a 2nd lieutenant, in 1992 he was promoted to a full lieutenant, he resigned from that post in 1992 and joined the ADC which is attached to the Royal Hashemite Court in 1993 and in 1997 he was promoted to Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel. Also in 1994 till 2003 he was Cultural Secretary to King Hussein and King Abduallah of Jordan and also advisor for Tribal Affairs to both King's from 1998 till 2003. Since 2003 he has been the Personal Envoy and Special Advisor to King Abdullah with the rank of Minister. He also was Regent of Jordan during the King's absences from Jordan in 2004.
[edit] University Careers and Charity work
- Assisiant Research Professor at Jordan University. 2000-2002
- Associated Professor of Islamic Philosophy at Aal al-Bayt Univ. 2002-2005
- Professor of Islamic Philosophy at Jordan Univ. since 2005.
- Royal Committee for the Endowment of Underprivileged Schools & Tribal Areas 1995-2003
- Royal Preservation & Development of Camel Livestock Committee. 2000-2003,
- Board of the National Park of the Site of the Baptism of Christ since 2001 (Chair person 1999-2001, Deputy Chair person 1997-1999)
- Amman Message Committee since 2005
- Prince Ghazi Student Fund since 2006.
- President of the National Jordanian Basketball Federation 1988-1991 (Honary President 1991-1993)
- President of the National Jordanian Boxing Fed. 1998.
- Founder Director Royal Instiaute for Dvpt & Charitable Works 1997-2000
- Great Tafsir Project since 2000,
- Tasneen Private Fund since 2001.
- Patron The School for Life since 2005.
[edit] Author of
- "The Holy Sites of Jordan" (1996)
- "The Crisis of the Islamic World" (1996)
- "Old Houses of Jordan" (1997)
- "The Sacred Origin and Nature of Sports and Culture" (1998)
- "The Tribes of Jordan at the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century" (1999)
- "Cultural Treasures of Jordan" (2000)
- "Al-Insan" (2001)
- "Al-'Alam" (2001)
- "Hannibal the Formidable" (2002)
- "Kitab Ijma' Al-Muslimin 'ala Ihtiram Mathahib al-Din" (2006)
[edit] Honours
- Order of the Renaissance 1st class October, 2003
- Star of Jordan 1st class November, 1995
- Al-Hussein Distinguished Service Medal 1st class August, 1995
- Al-Hussein Education Medal 1st class October, 2004
- Grand Cross of the Order of National Merit of France November, 1999
- Muhammadiya of Morocco March, 2000
- Civil Order of Oman 1st class 2003
- Order of Bahrain 1st class 2005
[edit] Personal Life
Prince Ghazi married Dr Areej Zawawi daughter of H.E. Dr. Omar bin 'Abdu'l Muneim Yousuf Al-Zawawi in Amman, Jordan on May 4, 1997. Together they have one son and two daughters:
- HRH Princess Tasneem - born August 27, 1999
- HRH Prince Abdullah - born November 6, 2001
- HRH Princess Jennah - born September 20, 2003
