Princess Salma bint Abdullah
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Princess Salma | |||||
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Born | Amman, Kingdom of Jordan | 26 September 2000||||
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House | Hashemite | ||||
Father | Abdullah II of Jordan | ||||
Mother | Rania Al-Yassin | ||||
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Jordanian royal family |
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Extended royal family |
Princess Salma bint Abdullah (Arabic: سلمى بنت عبدالله; born 26 September 2000) is the second daughter and third child of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan. She was born at King Hussein Medical Center.
Early life and military career
Princess Salma was born at King Hussein Medical Center at Amman, She is part of the Hashemite family. She attended the 'IAA' (International Amman Academy) as a twelfth–grade student. Princess Salma graduated from the IAA on 22 May 2018. In November 2018, Princess Salma graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. She was commissioned in the Jordanian Armed Forces as a second lieutenant on 24 November 2018. She graduated from a short commissioning course, and became the first female jet pilot in the Jordanian Armed Forces in 2020. The Princess graduated from the University of Southern California with a BA degree in Archaeology in 2023.
In December 2023, Salma, as a first lieutenant in the Royal Jordanian Air Force, joined an aid flight to resupply the 41-bed Jordanian field hospital in northern Gaza.