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Prince Faisal was born on 23 July 1978. [1] He is the fifth son of King Abdullah who ruled Saudi Arabia from 2005 to his death in January 2015. [2] His mother is Hessa bint Trad Al Shaalan, [3] who is the most prominent wife of King Abdullah. [4] Prince Faisal has six blood siblings, including Mansour bin Abdullah. [3]
Faisal bin Abdullah Al Saud (Arabic: فيصل بن عبدالله آل سعود, romanized: Fayṣal bin ʿAbdullāh Āl Saʿūd; born 13 May 1950) is a retired Saudi Arabian politician and businessman who served as the Saudi Arabian minister of education from 2009 to 2013 in the administration of King Abdullah, his maternal uncle and father-in-law.
Prince Faisal is a member of the Saudi royal family. A son of Prince Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud, he was born on 1 November 1974 in West Germany and was educated in the US. [3] [4] He studied business administration at King Saud University. [5] He served as an adviser at the Saudi Arabian Embassy in the US from 2017 to 2019. [3]
Prince Faisal is the son of Fahd bin Abdullah [1] and is a great-grandson of Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman, half-brother of King Abdulaziz. [2] He has a bachelor's degree in political science from King Saud University, and a master's degree in management, public policy and communication in the area of administration from Emerson College.
The visit by Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud reflects seismic political shifts in Lebanon since Israel pummelled the Iran-backed Hezbollah in last year's war, and since Hezbollah's Syrian ally ...
Prince Faisal had two sons, Prince Nawaf and Prince Khalid, and three daughters. [11] [12] His wife was Munira bint Sultan, a daughter of Sultan bin Abdulaziz [13] who died in June 2011 at age 59. [14] His daughter, Haifa, is the spouse of Saud bin Khalid bin Abdullah. [15]
One theory for the King's murder was avenging the death of Prince Khalid bin Musaid, the brother of Prince Faisal bin Musaid. King Faisal instituted secular reforms that led to the installation of television, which provoked violent protests. Prince Khalid led an attack on a television station in 1966, and he was shot dead by a policeman. [172]
His brother, Sultan bin Faisal bin Turki, was killed in a car crash at age 41 on 23 July 2002 while coming from Jeddah to Riyadh to participate in funeral prayers for Prince Ahmed, son of Prince Salman. [4] [7] Prince Abdullah is the brother-in-law of Abdul Rahman bin Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud, Sultan bin Fahd Al Saud and Saud bin Nayef Al ...