Saud bin Faisal Al Saud

Saud bin Faisal Al Saud
Photograph of Saud bin Faisal aged 75
Saud bin Faisal in 2015
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
13 October 1975 – 29 April 2015
Prime Minister
PredecessorFaisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
SuccessorAdel bin Ahmed Al Jubeir
Born(1940-01-02)2 January 1940
Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
Died9 July 2015(2015-07-09) (aged 75)
Los Angeles, United States
SpousePrincess Jawhara bint Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman
Issue
List
  • Prince Mohammad
  • Prince Khaled
  • Prince Fahd
  • Princess Haifa
  • Princess Lana
  • Princess Reem
HouseAl Saud
FatherKing Faisal
MotherIffat bint Mohammad Al Thunayan
Occupation
  • Politician
  • diplomat
  • businessman
Alma mater

Saud bin Faisal Al Saud (Arabic: سعود بن فيصل آل سعود, romanizedSuʿūd 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. A member of the Saudi royal family, he was the longest-serving foreign minister in world history.