Badr bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (;
born 1980) is a member of the
House of Saud
The House of Saud ( ) 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 his brothers, though the ruling ...
, one of the grandsons of
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...
's founder
King Abdulaziz
Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (; 15 January 1875Ibn Saud's birth year has been a source of debate. It is generally accepted as 1876, although a few sources give it as 1880. According to British author Robert Lacey's book ''The Kingdom'', ...
. He was former governor of
Al Jawf Region
Al-Jawf Province, also known as Al-Jawf Region also spelled Al-Jouf ( Minṭaqat al-Jawf, ), is a province in Saudi Arabia, located in the north of the country, partially bordered by Jordan to the west. It is one of the earliest inhabited regions ...
and former deputy governor of
Mecca Province
Mecca Province (, ), officially Makkah Province, is one of the 13 provinces of Saudi Arabia. It is the third-largest province by area at and the most populous with a population of 8,557,766 as of 2017, of which 4,041,189 were foreign nationals ...
.
Biography
Prince Badr was born in 1980. His parents are
Prince Sultan and Hoda bint Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Sheikh.
On 27 February 2018, Prince Badr was named as governor of the Al Jawf region at the rank of minister succeeding
Fahad bin Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in the post.
Prince Badr's tenure ended on 27 December 2018
when Faisal bin Nawaf was appointed to the post.
Prince Badr was named deputy governor of Mecca Province in the same reshuffle.
[ His tenure ended on 12 December 2023 when Saud bin Mishaal Al Saud was named as the deputy governor of the province.
Prince Badr is one of the board members of ]Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Foundation
Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Foundation is a non-profit charity organization in Saudi Arabia set up and funded by former Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Sultan in 1995. The foundation participates in proj ...
.
He married a daughter of Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz in 2015, and has three children with her: Princess Al-Jawhara, Prince Khalid, and Princess Haya
References
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Living people
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