Prince Hassan bin Talal

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Prince El Hassan bin Talal
Prince El Hassan bin Talal in Berlin (2006)
Born (1947-03-20) 20 March 1947 (age 77)
Amman, Jordan
Spouse
Sarvath Ikramullah
​
(m. 1968)​
Issue
Names
Hassan bin Talal bin Abdullah bin Hussein
Hashemite
FatherTalal of Jordan
MotherZein al-Sharaf
ReligionIslam
Jordanian royal family
List
Extended royal family
Noor and others
Queen Noor
Haya and others
Muna and others
Princess Muna
Alia
Firyal and others
Hassan and others
Basma
Nayef and others

Prince El Hassan bin Talal

Arabic: الحسن بن طلال, born 20 March 1947)[2] is a member of the Jordanian royal family who was previously Crown Prince from 1965 to 1999, being removed just three weeks before King Hussein's death. He is now 20th in line to succeed his nephew King Abdullah II
.

Background and personal life

Prince El Hassan is a Prince of the

King Abdullah II
.

Prince El Hassan is a descendant of

Fatima Zahra and Ali
, the daughter and son-in-law of Mohammed. {cite}

More recent male-line ancestors served as Sharifs of Mecca. In the early 1900s, the kingdom of Hejaz was set up in western Arabia by the Western powers in order to torment the

Kingdom of Jordan
.

Marriage and issue

In 1968, Prince El Hassan married

Bhopal state in central India. Her father, Mohammed Ikramullah, was an Indian politician who chose to move to Pakistan at Partition and became a diplomat there. His brother (Princess Sarvath's uncle), Mohammad Hidayatullah, choosing to remain in India, rose to become the 11th Chief Justice of India and then, after retirement from the judiciary, became the 6th Vice President of India. Princess Sarvath's mother, Begum Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, came from the prominent Suhrawardy family of Undivided Bengal. She was the daughter of Hassan Suhrawardy and first cousin of former Prime Minister of undivided Pakistan, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
.

Prince El Hassan and Begum Sarvath Ikramullah first met in London in 1958, when they were both mere children. Their families knew each other very well and they played together as children. In the mid-1960s, they married with the full consent of their families. They have four children together:

Education

Prince El Hassan was educated first in Amman. He then attended

MA. Hassan is fluent in Arabic, English, French and German. He has a working knowledge of Turkish and Spanish, and studied Hebrew at university.[4]

Career

In 1965, Hassan was named as Crown Prince of Jordan after the constitution was amended.[5] He was frequently regent during his brother's absences from the country. During Hussein's final illness in January 1999, he was replaced by his nephew Abdullah three weeks before the king died.[6] Abdullah subsequently inherited the throne of Jordan.

In 2009, he joined the project "Soldiers of Peace", a film against all wars and for global peace.[7][8]

On 10 June 2013, he was appointed as the chairman of the advisory board on water and sanitation (UNSGAB) by the

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.[9]

Removal as Crown Prince

As

Fayez al-Tarawneh in his place, (2) organizing dialogue and reconciliation with opposition groups, most prominently the Muslim Brotherhood, and (3) attempting to effect changes at the top of the military. Hassan's attempted changes to the top hierarchy of the military angered King Hussein and led him to resume full duties as king. It is also a commonly cited reason for Hassan's removal as crown prince on 24 January 1999.[10] Hassan's removal took shape through a 14-page typed letter, described by American historian W. Andrew Terrill as "extremely harsh", in which King Hussein expressed "unmistakable disappointment in Crown Prince El Hassan" and ordered his replacement with Hussein's son Abdullah. Terrill describes King Hussein as perhaps having felt that Hassan had "interest in shifting the line of succession to his own family", which led to his dismissal as Crown Prince three weeks before Hussein's death.[11]

Crown Prince El Hassan's attempted consolidation of power led the sickly King Hussein to break off "intensive" treatments for lymphoma and fly back home to Jordan in order to address the issue.

Queen Noor and her desire to have her son Prince Rashid in the line of succession. King Hussein instead replaced Hassan with his own son Abdullah, who had backing within the military and whose position as eldest son of the king would allow him to be enthroned by royal fiat, unlike Hamzah whose enthronement would require confirmation from the Jordanian Parliament.[12]

Organizations

Prince El Hassan bin Talal with Irina Bokova during his visit to UNESCO Headquarters in Paris (2011).

Prince El Hassan has been a very active participant in Jordanian and International civil society. He founded the Royal Scientific Society in 1970, the Annual Bilad Al-Sham Conference in 1978, and the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in 1980. He has also established the Al al-Bayt University in Mafraq, the Hashemite Aid and Relief Agency, the Islamic Scientific Academy, the Triannual Conferences on the History and Archaeology of Jordan, the Amman Baccalaureate School, and the Al-Hassan Youth Award. He founded and chairs the Independent Bureau for Humanitarian Issues, Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues, the Higher Council for Science and Technology, the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, the Foundation for Intercultural and Interfaith Research and Dialogue, the Arab Thought Forum since 1981, the Kawakibi Democracy Transition Center, and the West Asia – North Africa Forum (WANA Forum), and was chair of the Policy Advisory Commission for the World Intellectual Property Organization from 1999 to 2002.

He has served as the president of the

Euro-Mediterranean Association for Cooperation and Development since 2012.[13]

Prince El Hassan bin Talal with Secretary John Kerry (2013).

Prince El Hassan is also a patron of the Post-War Reconstruction and Development Unit at the

the Elijah Interfaith Institute,[18] the Trilateral Commission, the Advisory Council for Research of the Center for Democracy and Community Development (since 2010), and the Independent Eminent Experts group of the World Conference against Racism
, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance.

Prince El Hassan supports ecocide becoming a crime at the International Criminal Court stating Ecocide would need to be a true ICC crime inline with the Rome Statute and in harnessing the power of international criminal law for the protection of our shared global government.'[19][20]

Honours

National

Foreign

Honorary degrees and doctorates

Prince El Hassan bin Talal during a press conference in Copenhagen (2006).

In 2002, Prince El Hassan was awarded an

honorary doctorate by the University of York, in recognition of his contribution to the field of post-war reconstruction and development.[14] In 2004 he was awarded an honorary fellowship by York St John University
, for his lifelong contribution to peace initiatives in the Middle East, humanitarian projects and inspirational leadership in interfaith dialogue.

Awards and prizes

Prince Al Hassan Bin Talal with Yukiya Amano (Vienna, 2017).
  • The Four Freedoms Award – May 2014[31]
  • The Abu Bakr Al-Siddique Medal of the Organisation of Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Societies – September 1996.
  • The 1995 Science and Society Prize in Madrid.
  • The inaugural Gandhi/King/Ikeda Community Builders Medal and Torch of Nonviolence – April 2001.
  • The Distinguished Foreign Visitor Award at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston – April 2002.
  • The 2003 Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum Award for the Advancement of Inter-religious Understanding – June 2003.
  • The Abraham Fund Pioneer of Co-existence Award (New York) – January 2004.
  • The 2005 Eternal Flame Award by the Annual Scholars’ Conference of the U.S.
  • The Calgary Peace Prize – 2007.
  • A medal to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the adoption of UNESCO's Constitution, at the inaugural meeting of the Tolerance Foundation held at the Yusupov Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia – May 2007.
  • The 2008 Abraham Geiger Award for Peace.
  • The Niwano Peace Prize in Japan – May 2008.
  • The Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani medallion –
    Iqbal Academy, UK
    – 2008.
  • The Peace Prize of the City of Augsburg – Germany – 2008.

Abraham Geiger Award

The 2008 Abraham Geiger Award, named after liberal thinker of Judaism Abraham Geiger (1810–1874), was conferred upon Prince El Hassan bin Talal. The award ceremony was held in Berlin on 4 March 2008. Past recipients include Cardinal Karl Lehmann, Alfred Grosser, Emil Fackenheim and Susannah Heschel.[32]

"Honouring the President Emeritus of the World Conference of Religions for Peace underlines Prince El Hassan's courage in defending pluralism, promoting understanding among different cultures and enhancing dialogue between Jews, Muslims and Christians. The Prince's efforts to promote understanding between the Islamic and Western Worlds are crucial at a time when we seem to be drifting apart, with perceived differences appearing to overwhelm the many things we have in common, both culturally and religiously."[32]

Publications

References

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  2. ^ "HRH Prince EL Hassan Bin Talal".
  3. ^ Darwish, Adel (1 December 1998). "The court of King Hussein". The Middle East. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  4. ^ "H.R.H. Prince El Hassan bin Talal; Chairman of RSS Board of Trustees". Royal Scientific Society. Archived from the original on 29 March 2009.
  5. ^ Shahin, Mariam (1 September 1998). "The man who would be king". The Middle East. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Hussein sacks brother in favour of half-English son". The Birmingham Post. 23 January 1999. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Prince Hassan bin Talal". Soldiers of Peace. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  8. ^ "Il cast". Soldiers of Peace. 18 October 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  9. ^ "United Nations Press Release". 10 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  10. ISBN 9781506327150
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  11. ISBN 9780313366192
    .
  12. ^
    ISBN 9781849832007
    .
  13. ^ Euro-Mediterranean Association for Cooperation and Development Executive Committee[dead link]
  14. ^ a b "His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal; Honorary Graduate & Patron". The University of York; Department of Politics. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  15. ^ "Patrons | The Woolf Institute". The Woolf Institute. The Woolf Institute. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  16. ^ "Noon Briefing Highlight | United Nations Secretary-General". Un.org. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  17. ^ "Foundation for Interreligious and Intercultural Research and Dialogue". Thelevantfoundation.org. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  18. ^ "Elijah Interfaith: Muslim Leaders". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  19. ^ "Supporters of Ecocide Law". Stop Ecocide International. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  20. ^ HRH El Hassan bin Talal delivers personal reflections on ecocide at official ICC side event, retrieved 21 June 2023
  21. ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question about the Decoration of Honour" (PDF) (in German). p. 487 & 1660. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  22. Jordan Times
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  23. ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". Quirinale.it. 26 November 1983. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  24. ^ "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1965" (PDF).
  25. ^ "SAR le Prince El Hassan Ibn Talal décoré".
  26. ^ "Jordan News Agency (Petra) |Prince El-Hassan receives Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland". Petra.gov.jo. 15 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  27. Jordan Times
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  28. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  29. Taiwan Today
    . 1 May 1973. Retrieved 4 April 2020. The evening's dinner was given by Vice President Yen at the Chungshan Building on Yangmingshan. In an earlier ceremony, Vice President Yen decorated the Crown Prince with the order of the Special Grand Cordon of the Order of Propitious Clouds.
  30. ^ "SOAS Honorary Fellows". SOAS.
  31. ^ "HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan – Laureaat Freedom of Worship Award 2014 – Laureaten sinds 1982 – Four Freedoms Awards". Fourfreedoms.nl. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  32. ^ a b "Abraham Geiger Award 2008". Abraham Geiger College. 2 November 2007. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.

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