Queen Rania of Jordan

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Rania Al Yassin
Queen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
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Titles	HM The Queen of Jordan (1999-) HRH The Crown Princess of Jordan (1999-1999) HRH Princess Rania al-Abdullah (1993-1999) Miss Rania Al-Yassin (1970-1999)
Born	August 31 1970 (age 39)
	Kuwait
Consort	February 7, 1999 - present
Consort to	Abdullah II of Jordan
Issue	Hussein, Iman, Salma, Hashem

Queen Rania Al-Abdullah (Arabic: رانية العبدالله) (born Rania Al-Yassin on August 31 1970), is the queen consort of King Abdullah II, the king of Jordan.

[edit] Early life

Rania Al-Yasin was born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents from Tulkarm. She attended primary and secondary school at New English School in Kuwait, then gained a degree in Business Administration from the American University in Cairo. After her graduation in 1991, Queen Rania worked at Citibank before taking a job at Apple Computer in Jordan.

[edit] International initiatives

In 2004, Queen Rania chaired the nomination committee for the newly founded Forum of Young Global Leaders, associated with the World Economic Forum. She is also involved in the following initiatives:

World Economic Forum (Foundation Board member)
UN Children's Fund (particularly the Global Leadership Initiative)
The Vaccine Fund (board member since 2002)
International Youth Foundation
FINCA (Foundation for International Community Assistance; board member since 2003)
International Osteoporosis Foundation
Visit to South Africa in 2006 where she visited the Tygerberg Hospital, the second largest hospital in Africa

Queen Rania has made many public appearances, including a half-hour television interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show on May 17, 2006.[1]