Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein (,
ʿAbdullāh aṯ-ṯānī ibn Al-Ḥusayn; born 30 January 1962) has been the
King of
Jordan since he ascended the throne on 7 February 1999 upon the death of his father
King Hussein. He is a member of the
Hashemite family, which has ruled Jordan since 1921 and claims to be descended from the Islamic prophet
Muhammad.