Fahd bin Saud Al Saud ( ar, فهد بن سعود آل سعود ''Fahd bin Su'ūd Āl Su'ūd''; 1923 – 30 October 2006) was a Saudi Arabian businessman, government official, and the eldest 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 served as the

Saudi Arabian minister of defense The Ministry of Defense (MoD; ar, وزارة الدفاع) is a Ministry in Saudi Arabia that is responsible for the protection of national security, interests and sovereignty of the country from external threats as well as the working with all ...

from 1956 to 1960 during the reign of his father.

Early life

Prince Fahd was born in 1923 as the first son of the future King Saud. His mother was Munirah bint Saad bin Saud Al Saud, granddaughter of

Saud bin Faisal bin Turki The House of Saud ( ar, آل سُعُود, ʾĀl Suʿūd ) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the Emirate of Diriyah, known as the First Saudi state (1727–1818), and ...

, who was the brother of Abdul Rahman bin Faisal, grandfather of King Saud. Thus, Prince Fahd's parents were

second cousins Most generally, in the lineal kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a cousin is a type of familial relationship in which two relatives are two or more familial generations away from their most recent common ancestor. Commonly, ...

Career

During the reign of his father, Prince Fahd was first made the head of the royal court which he held between 1953 and 1956. Next he was appointed the minister of defense and inspector general in 1956 replacing

Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (; 5 September 1926 – 3 May 2017) was a Saudi Arabian politician and businessman. A member of the House of Saud, he held different cabinet posts in the 1950s and was the chairman of the Allegiance Council from ...

in the post. He left the office, but reassumed the post on 26 September 1958 and remained in office until 1960. He was the Saudi ambassador to Greece from 1964 to 1968. After retiring from government Prince Fahd involved in business.

Personal life

Prince Fahd had two wives. One of his spouses was Princess Al Anoud, a daughter of King Faisal. King Abdulaziz arranged their marriage to reduce the tension between their fathers. They married in May 1943, but separated after years of marriage. His second wife was of

Syrian Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indi ...

origin. He had one daughter: Amal bint Fahad.

Death and burial

On 30 October 2006, Prince Fahd died at his house and was buried at

Al Adl cemetery The Al-Adl cemetery ( ar, مقبرة العدل, Maqbarat al-‘Adl, lit=Cemetery of Divine Justice) is one of the earliest and largest and of six resting places in Mecca. It is also the second substantial cemetery in the city. History and locat ...

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