Ra'ad bin Zeid

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Ra'ad bin Zeid رعد بن زيد
Ra'ad in 2018
Head of the royal houses of Iraq and Syria
Reign	18 October 1970–present
Predecessor	Zeid bin Hussein
Born	(1936-02-18) 18 February 1936 (age 88) Berlin, Nazi Germany
Spouse	Margareta Lind
Issue	Zeid Mired Firas Faisal Fakhrelnissa
House	Hashemite
Father	Zeid bin Hussein
Mother	Fahrelnissa Zeid

Ra'ad bin Zeid (Arabic: رعد بن زيد; born 18 February 1936) is the son of Prince Zeid of the Hashemite House and Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid (Fakhr un-nisa or Fahr-El-Nissa), a Turkish noblewoman. His father died on October 18, 1970, leaving him in charge of the former Royal Houses of Iraq. Ra'ad has lived in London and Paris.