Abdullah bin Khalid Al Saud (

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: عبد الله بن خالد بن سلطان آل سعود) (born 13 February 1988) is a member of the

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and Saudi Arabia's permanent representative to the

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in Vienna, ambassador to Austria, and nonresident ambassador to Slovakia and Slovenia.

Biography

Abdullah bin Khalid bin Sultan was born in 1988 to

Khalid bin Sultan Al Saud Khaled bin Sultan Al Saud ( ar, خالد بن سلطان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود) (born 24 September 1949) is the former deputy minister of defense and a member of the House of Saud. Early life and education Prince Khalid was bor ...

, former Saudi deputy minister of defense and commander of the joint Arab forces during the

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. He graduated from

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in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in economics and obtained his master's degree in business management from

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in 2015. He was appointed Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Austria in April 2019 and presented his credentials on 28 August 2019. He was also appointed as the country's permanent delegate to the United Nations and international organizations in Vienna and presented his credentials on 2 September 2019. On 21 January 2020, he also became Saudi Arabia's non-residential ambassador to Slovenia and Slovakia. As Saudi Arabia's representative to the

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, he has called for a comprehensive international agreement and intensified inspections into Iran's nuclear program. He has served as an adviser to the Royal Court since 2017, a member of the executive committee of the

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holding company, and a director of the Equestrian Club of Riyadh.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saud, Abdullah Khalid 21st-century diplomats 21st-century Saudi Arabian politicians 1988 births Ambassadors of Saudi Arabia to Austria Ambassadors of Saudi Arabia to Slovakia Ambassadors of Saudi Arabia to Slovenia Columbia College (New York) alumni

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Living people MIT Sloan School of Management alumni