| In a letter from Abdullah to Hamzah, read on Jordanian state television, he said, "Your holding this symbolic position has restrained your freedom and hindered our entrusting you with certain responsibilities that you are fully qualified to undertake | Succession issue [ ] On 7 February 1999, King Hussein died and his eldest son Prince Abdullah bin Hussein acceded to the throne of Jordan, having two weeks previously been designated to succeed his father as ruler in place of the king's brother, |
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| In the year 2006, he graduated from | Knight Officer of the Order of Military Merit Foreign [ ]• |
Prince Hamzah and Princess Noor divorced on 9 September 2009.
| Knight Grand Cross of the Award [ ]• Serving then as an officer in the Jordan Arab Army's 40th Armored Brigade, Hamzah attended a number of military courses and attachments in Jordan, the UK, Poland, Germany and the US | The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
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| Marriages and family [ ] Hamzah married his second cousin, , at in Amman on 29 August 2003 | On the same day, in compliance with his father's wish, King Abdullah II decreed that he, in turn, would be succeeded not by a son of his own but by his half-brother, Hamzah, who was therefore accorded the title of |
Princess Badiya bint Hamzah born 8 April 2016• The couple had a daughter:• Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of the Star of Jordan• He is also the Honorary President of the , and is the chairman of the board of trustees of the , the President of the Royal Aero sports Club of Jordan and the President of Al-Shajarah Tree Protection Society.
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