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Mired bin Ra'ad

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Mired bin Ra'ad
Prince Mired Bin Raad Bin Zeid Al-Hussein of Jordan sign the Maputo Declaration for a Mine-Free World.
Mired signing the Maputo Declaration for a Mine-Free World in 2014
Born (1965-06-11) 11 June 1965 (age 58)
Amman, Jordan
Spouse
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(m. 1992)​
Issue
  • Princess Shirin
  • Prince Rakan
  • Prince Jafar
DynastyHashemite
FatherRa'ad bin Zeid
MotherMajda Ra'ad
ReligionSunni Islam

Prince Mired bin Ra'ad bin Zeid (Arabic: مرعد بن رعد بن زيد; born June 11, 1965) is the second son of Prince Ra'ad bin Zeid, head of the royal houses of Iraq and Syria.

Early life

Mired bin Ra'ad is the second son of Prince Ra'ad bin Zeid, Lord Chamberlain of Jordan, and his Swedish-born wife Margaretha Inga Elisabeth Lind, subsequently.

Education

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

Career

A Royal Decree issued on April 21, 2014, appointed Prince Mired as Head of the Higher Council for the Affairs of Persons with Disabilities (succeeding Prince Ra'ad bin Zaid Chief Chamberlain). As such, he has publicly addressed Jordan’s obligations towards persons with disabilities[2] according to its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. He is also Chairman of the National Commission for Demining and Rehabilitation of Jordan.[3] As Head of the Hashemite military patients, he also served as Vice President of the Supreme Council for the Affairs of Disabled Persons.[4]

Special Envoy of the Ottawa Treaty

In 2008, Prince Mired presided over the Eighth Meeting of the States Parties[5] 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 the Dead Sea.[6] In that position he visited Finland to promote the Convention and its norms—meeting with Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb,[7]—and Poland,[8] which at the time where still not members of the Ottawa Treaty.

As he ended his mandate, the Prince was asked to represent efforts to promote said Convention becoming Special Envoy.[9]

As Special Envoy, Prince Mired promotes a universal ban against landmines and support for its victims. His missions have taken him to the United States (2010) where he met with Samantha Powers.[10] That year, he also met with Mongolia's Prime Minister S. Batbold.[11]

In 2011, he visited South Korea,[12] and the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga where he encountered the Prime Minister who is also Minister of Foreign Affairs & Defence Lord Tu'ivakano,[13] and Tuvalu[14] where he met with Prime Minister Willy Telavi, and, Minister of Foreign Affairs Apisai Lelemia. In 2013[15] he travelled to China to meet with then Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Li Baodong and other authorities at the Ministry of Defence.

In 2018, he toured Sri Lanka meeting with President Maithripala Sirisena,[16] Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe,[17] Minister of Foreign Affairs Tilak Marapana,[18] Minister of Prison Reform in charge of mine action Deva Manoharan Swaminathan, among others. That same year, he carried a mission to Myanmar to promote the ban, meeting with Minister of International Cooperation U Kyaw Tin[19] and Minister of Defence Lt. Gen. Sein Win.[20] In Laos, he also met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongpane Savanphet; Minister of Defence Lt. Gen. Chansamone Chanyalath; Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Khampheng Saysompheng; and Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith.[21][22]

In 2019, together with Princess Astrid of Belgium, and Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, they kicked off a global meeting on landmines,[23][24] in Oslo, Norway where the landmine treaty had been adopted two decades years earlier.

Personal life

On 1 July 1992 in Amman,[citation needed] HH Prince Mired bin Ra'ad married Dina Mohammad Khalifeh with whom they have three children:[25]

  • Princess Shirin bint Mired (born on 19 May 1993 in Amman). She married Jafer Mohammed Nabulsi on 4 October 2021 in a Katb El-Kitab ceremony at Prince Mired bin Ra'ad home. [26]
  • Prince Rakan bin Mired (born on 20 November 1995 in Amman).
  • Prince Jafar bin Mired (born on 4 September 2002 in Amman).

Princess Dina Mired is a former Director General of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation, and continues to be actively engaged in efforts in the field of cancer control in the developing world.[27][28]

Mired's older brother, Prince Zeid, is the former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, having taken up this post in September 2014 until 2018.[29]

Honours

Foreign honours

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ Apminebanconvention
  2. ^ "Jordan's obligations towards persons with disabilities". Jordan Times. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  3. ^ "National Committee for Demining and Rehabilitation". Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Yarmouk launches project to improve electronic services for people with disabilities university". 4 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  5. ^ "AP Mine Ban Convention: What was the 8MSP and why was it important?". www.apminebanconvention.org. Retrieved 2017-02-06.
  6. ^ "ODS HOME PAGE" (PDF). documents-dds-ny.un.org. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  7. ^ "Prince Mired Bin Raad Bin Zeid Al-Hussein of Jordan visits Finland to discuss the Ottawa Convention - Tšekki". finlandabroad.fi. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  8. ^ "Prince Mired in Poland". amman.msz.gov.pl. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  9. ^ "Statement of H.R.H. Prince Mired Raad Zeid Al-Hussein of Jordan; Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention Special Envoy" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  10. ^ "Princely task: tell leaders landmines not part of military might". Geneva Lunch News. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Mongolia closer to anti land-mine Convention membership". Mongolia closer to anti land-mine Convention membership ~ MonInfo. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  12. ^ "Koreas could build trust by jointly removing mines: special envoy". Yonhap News. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  13. ^ "Prince Mired seeks Tonga's support to ban land-mines". Matangitonga. 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  14. ^ "Global movement to eradicate landmines poised to be strengthened thanks to commitments made in the South Pacific - Tuvalu". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  15. ^ "Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention's Special Envoy asks China to join the anti-landmines movement". www.apminebanconvention.org. Retrieved 2017-02-06.
  16. ^ lanka, Embassy of Sri (2018-03-07). "Special Envoy of the Anti-personnel Mine Ban Convention HRH Prince Mired Al-Hussein to visit Sri Lanka". Embassy Of Sri Lanka in Poland. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  17. ^ "Prime Minister's Office". www.pmoffice.gov.lk. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  18. ^ Wickramarathne, Tharanga. "Anti-mine advocate urges Sri Lanka to champion mine ban treaty". www.media.gov.lk. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  19. ^ "Union Minister for International Cooperation U Kyaw Tin receives Prince Mired". Republic of Myanmar Ministry of Interior. 2018-05-30. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  20. ^ "AP Mine Ban Convention: Landmine treaty Special Envoy concludes official visit calling on Myanmar to take concrete steps towards accession". www.apminebanconvention.org. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  21. ^ "Lao PDR has great opportunity for leadership in regional mine ban efforts; urged to accede to the treaty - Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  22. ^ "Special Envoy visits Lao PDR". Facebook video of the visit. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  23. ^ "Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Astrid join efforts against landmines". Royal Central. 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  24. ^ "Global anti-landmine summit in Oslo 25-29 November". Norgesportalen. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  25. ^ "Princess Dina Mired, Director General, King Hussein Cancer Foundation". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  26. ^ "Princess Dina Mired on Instagram: "اشارككم صور من كتب كتاب ابنتنا العزيزة شيرين وابننا الجديد جعفر النابلسي … الله يحميهم sharing some pictures of our daughter Shirin's Katb Kitab to her wonderful fiancé Jafar Nabulsi 🙏🏼 May God bless them"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  27. ^ "World Cancer Day event at the IAEA". International Atomic Energy Agency. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  28. ^ "World Cancer Day 2017: Key Panellists Share their Experience". International Atomic Energy Agency. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  29. ^ "OHCHR | "This is what true leaders look like" - High Commissioner Zeid's parting message". www.ohchr.org. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  30. ^ "State visit to Jordan". kungahuset.se. 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
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