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Saud bin Faisal Al Saud (Arabic: سعود بن فيصل آل سعود, romanized: Suʿūd ibn Fayṣal Āl Suʿūd), also known as Saud Al Faisal (Arabic: سعود الفيصل, Suʿūd Āl Fayṣal; 2 January 1940 – 9 July 2015), was a Saudi Arabian statesman and diplomat who served as the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia from 1975 to 2015.
Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: فيصل بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود Fayṣal ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd, Najdi Arabic pronunciation: [fæjsˤɑl ben ˈʕæbd ælʕæˈziːz ʔæːl sæˈʕuːd]; 14 April 1906 – 25 March 1975) was a Saudi Arabian statesman and diplomat who was King of Saudi Arabia from 2 November 1964 until his assassination in 1975.
Faisal bin Abdulaziz al Saud King 1964 – 1975. Faisal secured the throne in 1964, after a protracted power struggle with his half brother King Saud, and turned the desert kingdom into a functioning modern state. He oversaw the rise of Saudi Arabia as a world energy powerhouse during the Arab oil embargo of the early 1970s.
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Saud bin Faisal, second son to King Faisal and Iffat Al-Thunayan was born January 2, 1940. Saud has two brothers Mohammed bin Faisal; Turki bin Faisal and three sisters, Luluwah bint Faisal, Sara bint Faisal and Haifa bint Faisal.
Prince Saud bin Faisal graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Princeton University in 1964 or 1965. Saud put to good use economics knowledge gained in Princeton University as economic consultant for the ministry of petroleum in Saudi Arabia. In 1966 Saud moved to general organization for petroleum and mineral resources (Petromin) ...
King Khalid appointed Saud bin Faisal to the sensitive Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1975. The Prince immediately embarked on bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and other countries drawing from experience in making friends and influencing people gained in the petroleum industry. In May 1985, Saud bin Faisal visited Iran and held talks with g...
1998 onwards under the reign of King Fahd, Saud Al Faisal and Crown Prince Abdullah were in charge of managing the energy sector through a committee of technocrats and Princes. 1999 Prince Saud was appointed chairman of the Saudi Aramco’s Committee charged with government projects assessment responsibility. 2009 November 20, King Abdullah appointed...
Saud bin Faisal is a philanthropist, founder of King Faisal Foundation and chairs the board of directors of King Faisal School and Al Faisal University in Riyadh. He is an active member of the Society for Disabled Children and the Madina Society for Welfare and Social services.
Saud bin Faisal is married to his cousin Jawhara bint Abdullah bin Abdulrahman with whom he has three sons and three daughters. Prince Saud is “regarded in the diplomatic community as a warm man with a good sense of humor. The Prince is outgoing, interacts with reporters at ease and plays tennis. He speaks excellent English. That explains his maste...
His Royal Highness Prince Saud Bin Faisal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1940 - 2015) is the most significant Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He has also been one of the most prominent politicians in the world for over forty years, during which he headed the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
King Faisal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1906 - 1975) was the third king of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the third son of King Abdulaziz. He ascended to the throne in 1964, succeeding his brother, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz. He remained king for eleven years before his assassination in 1975.
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It is composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the Emirate of Diriyah, known as the First Saudi State (1727–1818), and his brothers, though the ruling faction of the family is primarily led by the descendants of Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman, the modern founder of Saudi Arabia. [2]
