Zeid was born on February 28, 1898 at Stinia Palace, in Turkey, to King Hussein ibn'Ali and Queen Adila Khanum. He was educated at Ghalata Serai College, Constantinople College and Balliol College, Oxford.
From 1916–19, Zeid was the Commander of the Arab Northern Army, and in 1923 was assigned to the Iraqi Calvary and promoted to Colonel.
On July 14, 1958, Prince Zeid was appointed Head of the Royal House of Iraq, following the assassination of King Faisal II by General Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i, who proclaimed Iraq to be a Republic.
HRH PrinceZeidRa'adZeid Al-Hussein is the Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations, and a candidate for Secretary-General of the United Nations.
PUBLISHERS NOTE: PrinceZeid, Jordans ambassador to the United Nations, today announced his candidacy to become the next U.N. Secretary-General to succeed Kofi Annan.
PrinceZeid is the fifth declared candidate so far for the post
PrinceZeid was appointed as Jordan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in August 2000.
Prior to his appointment as the Permanent Representative to the United Nations, PrinceZeid served as Jordan's Deputy Permanent Representative from 1996 to 2000.
He served in the Jordanian military, and was a political affairs officer with UNPROFOR in the former Yugoslavia from 1994 to 1996.
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