Bandar bin Saud Al Saud ( ar, بندر بن سعود بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Bandar ibn Su'ūd ibn 'Abd al 'Azīz Āl Su'ūd''; 2 January 1926 – 17 March 2016) was the eighth son of

King Saud Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, سعود بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Suʿūd ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd'', Najdi Arabic pronunciation: ; 15 January 1902 – 23 February 1969) was King of Saudi Arabia from 9 November 1953 ...

. He was born on the same day his grandfather,

King Abdulaziz Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud ( ar, عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن آل سعود, ʿAbd al ʿAzīz bin ʿAbd ar Raḥman Āl Suʿūd; 15 January 1875Ibn Saud's birth year has been a source of debate. It is generally accepted ...

, entered and joined the city and province of Qunfudah to his realm.

Early life and education

Born in Riyadh on 2 January 1926 Bandar was the son of King Saud and Nayla. He studied at the school of princes and at other schools in Riyadh finishing his complementary studies in 1944 before graduating from high school in 1948. He then went to university in

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, graduating in 1952.

Career

Prince Bandar returned in early 1952 to Saudi Arabia when his father was crown prince. He was assigned to the interior ministry. A few years later, in 1956, then Crown Prince

Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, فيصل بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود ''Fayṣal ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd'', Najdi Arabic pronunciation: ; 14 April 1906 – 25 March 1975) was a Saudi Arabian statesman and diplomat who was ...

appointed him as an adviser to the royal court; a position he held until his retirement in 1981.

Personal life and death

Prince Bandar had three children: Prince Faisal, Princess Noura, and Princess Jawzaa. Prince Bandar bin Saud died in Madrid on 17 March 2016 at age 90.

References

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