Prince Rashid bin Hassan

Prince Rashid bin Hassan (born 20 May 1979) is a member of the Jordanian royal family. He is the son of Prince Hassan bin Talal and Princess Sarvath al-Hassan. He is part of the House of Hashim.

Prince Rashid
Born (1979-05-20) 20 May 1979
Amman, Jordan
Spouse
Zeina Shaban (m. 2011)
IssuePrince Hassan
Prince Talal
HouseHashemite
FatherPrince Hassan bin Talal
MotherSarvath Ikramullah
ReligionIslam

Education

Career

Prince Rashid was a Captain in the Jordanian Armed Forces and is currently a Colonel in the Gendarmerie and is currently the Police Special Operations Commander.

Marriage

Prince Rashid became officially engaged to Miss Zeina Shaban (born 1988), on 3 July 2010. They married on 22 July 2011, at the Basman Palace in Amman. A table tennis champion, Princess Zeina represented Jordan at the 2003 World Table Tennis Championships in Paris, the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where she was also the national flag bearer of Jordan. The couple has two sons: Hassan (b. 2013) and Talal (b. 2016).[1]

Organizations

Head of the:

  • Jordan Amateur Boxing Association from 1999 to 2007

Captain of the:

  • Jordanian Polo Team since 2005

Chairman of the:

  • Board of Trustees of the Hashemite Charitable Organization since 2002

Chairman of the:

  • Cooperative Monitoring Center (CMC) Amman since 2006

President of the:

  • Jordan Taekwondo Federation since 2007

Awards
  • The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Renaissance (1996)
  • The Sitara-e-Esar Award from Pakistan (2007)

References
  1. "Prince Rashed, Princess Zeina welcome baby boy" Petra News Agency, 2 February 2016.
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