Saud bin Faisal Al Saud | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office | 13 October 1975 – 29 April 2015 |
Prime Minister | |
Predecessor | Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud |
Successor | Adel bin Ahmed Al Jubeir |
Born | Ta'if, Saudi Arabia | 2 January 1940
Died | 9 July 2015 Los Angeles, United States | (aged 75)
Spouse | Princess Jawhara bint Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman |
Issue | List
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House | Al Saud |
Father | King Faisal |
Mother | Iffat bint Mohammad Al Thunayan |
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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. A member of the Saudi royal family, he was the longest-serving foreign minister in world history.