美国白宫摄影办公室（经美国国家档案馆 NARA 发布，1975 年 4 月白宫照片） ＋ 许可：公有领域（美国联邦政府作品）。 · 公有领域
1935–1999
King Hussein, Hussein bin Talal, Arabic: الحسين بن طلال
King Hussein · 约旦
1935–1999, King of Jordan (reigned in person 1953–1999), Hashemite monarch.
Born in Amman, after his grandfather Abdullah I was assassinated in 1951 and his father Talal abdicated in 1952, he formally took personal rule on 2 May 1953; during 46 years on the throne he promoted Jordan's economic modernisation and road, education, and health construction, lived through crises including the 1967 war's loss of the West Bank and the 1970–1971 civil war, renounced Jordan's sovereignty claim over the West Bank in 1988, signed the Jordan–Israel peace treaty in 1994, and died of illness in Amman on 7 February 1999.
People & stories
Places in their life
Born in Amman, died in Amman, buried at Raghadan Palace.
People
Cultural significance
Shaper of the modern Kingdom of Jordan; his long reign and diplomatic mediation kept Jordan relatively stable in a turbulent Middle East.