Prince Mired bin Ra'ad

Mired bin Ra'ad
Prince Mired Bin Raad Bin Zeid Al-Hussein of Jordan.
Born (1965-06-11) 11 June 1965
Amman, Jordan
Spouse Princess Dina
Dynasty Hashemite
Father Prince Ra'ad bin Zeid
Mother Margaretha Inga Elisabeth Lind
Prince Mired Bin Ra'ad Bin Zeid Al-Hussein of Jordan signing the Maputo Declaration for a Mine-Free World in 2014.
Prince Mired Bin Ra'ad Bin Zeid Al-Hussein of Jordan signing the Maputo Declaration for a Mine-Free World in 2014.

HRH Prince Mired Bin Ra'ad Bin Zeid (Arabic: الامير : مرعد بن رعد بن زيد ) is the second son of Ra'ad bin Zeid, head of the royal houses of Iraq and Syria.

Early life

Ra'ad was born on June 11, 1965. He is the second son of Prince Ra'ad bin Zeid, Lord Chamberlain of Jordan, and his Swedish-born wife Margaretha Inga Elisabeth Lind, subsequently known as Majda Raad.

Education

Ra'a'd studied at Reed's School in England and at the Hun School of Princeton, New Jersey, graduating in 1983. He then graduated from Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts in 1987. He attended to Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and graduated in 1990. He then returned to Tufts University and studied at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and graduated in 1995.[1] He graduated from the University of Cambridge with a masters in philosophy and historical studies in 1988.

Career

A Royal Decree issued on April 21, 2014, appoint Ra'ad head of the Higher Council for the Affairs of Persons with Disabilities, succeeding Prince Raad bin Zaid Chief Chamberlain. He Is the Chairman of the National Commission for Demining and Rehabilitation of Jordan[2] and as head of the Hashemite military patientshas served as Vice President of the Supreme Council for the Affairs of Disabled Persons from 2008 to 2013.

In 2008, Prince Mired presided over[3] the Eight Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, or Ottawa Treaty, which took place in Jordan. Since then, Prince Mired has continued his work against landmines, as Special Envoy of the Convention and in 2013, visited China calling on that country to formally ban anti-personnel mines.[4]

Personal life

Ra'ad married Dina Mohammad Khalifeh in 1992. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Financial Analysis from Warwick University and a Master’s degree in International Banking and Financial Services from Reading University. They have three children, Princess Shirin bint Mired (born: 19 May 1993), Prince Rakan bin Mired (born: 20 November 1995 and Prince Jafar bin Mired (born: 4 September 2002).

References

  1. ↑ http://www.apminebanconvention.org/fileadmin/APMBC/MSP/8MSP/day1/8MSP-Item2-18Nov2007-HisRH-Bio-en.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.ncdr.org.jo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=73
  3. ↑ http://www.apminebanconvention.org/meetings-of-the-states-parties/8msp/what-was-the-8msp/
  4. ↑ http://www.apminebanconvention.org/newsroom/press-release-archives/archives-2013/detail/article/1382003469-anti-personnel-mine-ban-conventions-special-envoy-asks-china-to-join-the-anti-landmi/
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