Faisal bin Sattam Al Saud (born 1970) is a Saudi Arabian businessman, lawyer, and diplomat who is the ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Italy since May 2017. He is a member of the

House of Saud 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 ...

Early life and education

Prince Faisal was born in

Ta'if Taif ( ar, , translit=aṭ-Ṭāʾif, lit=The circulated or encircled, ) is a city and governorate in the Makkan Region of Saudi Arabia. Located at an elevation of in the slopes of the Hijaz Mountains, which themselves are part of the Sarat M ...

in 1970. He is the fourth child of Sattam bin Abdulaziz. His brother, Abdulaziz bin Sattam, is an advisor at the Royal Court. Prince Faisal completed his early education in Riyadh. He is a graduate of

King Saud University King Saud University (KSU, ar, جامعة الملك سعود) is a public university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Established in 1957 by King Saud bin Abdulaziz to address the country's skilled worker shortage, it is the first university in the K ...

, Riyadh, where he obtained a bachelor degree in law in 1991. He received a masters of law degree from

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each class ...

Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As part of the Boston metropolitan area, the cities population of the 2020 U.S. census was 118,403, making it the fourth most populous city in the state, behind Boston, ...

, US, in 1995.

Career

Following his return to Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal worked at private law firms in Riyadh until 2001. Next he worked at

World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade. With effective cooperation in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and e ...

in Geneva for one year. From 2002 he started his business activities. He is the owner of Jeem Holding which is based in Riyadh and deals with different sectors, including transportation,

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and

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, food and beverage and real estate. Prince Faisal was named as ambassador to Italy at the rank of minister in May 2017, replacing Rayed Khalid Krimly in the post. He was accredited as ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Italy, Malta and San Marino on 21 June 2018. He is

ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

Personal life

Prince Faisal is son-in-law of

Mohammed bin Nawwaf Al Saud Mohammed bin Nawwaf Al Saud (Arabic: محمد بن نواف بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود; born 22 May 1953) is a Saudi Arabian diplomat who served as the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Italy, Malta, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. He is a ...

and has four children. He speaks English.

References

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