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Faisal bin Fahd Al Saud (; 26 December 1946 – 21 August 1999) was the president of Youth Welfare in
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from 1975 to 1999. He was a member of the
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, a son of
King Fahd Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (; 1920, 1921 or 1923 – 1 August 2005) was King of Saudi Arabia, King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 13 June 1982 until his death in 2005. Prior to his ascension, he was Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 1 ...
, and one of the grandsons of Saudi's founder King Abdulaziz.


Early life and education

Faisal bin Fahd was born in 1945 as the eldest son of
King Fahd Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (; 1920, 1921 or 1923 – 1 August 2005) was King of Saudi Arabia, King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 13 June 1982 until his death in 2005. Prior to his ascension, he was Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 1 ...
. His mother, Al Anoud bint Abdulaziz bin Musaid, was from the Al Jiluwi branch of the Al Saud whose members intermarried with the members of the House of Saud. She was the younger sister of one of Prince Sultan's spouses. Al Anoud died, at the age of 76, of kidney failure in Santa Barbara in March 1999 after a long period of treatment in
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. His full brothers are Mohammed bin Fahd, Saud bin Fahd, Khaled bin Fahd and
Sultan bin Fahd Sultan bin Fahd Al Saud (; born 1951) is a member of House of Saud, son of Fahd of Saudi Arabia, King Fahd, and grandson of Saudi's founder Ibn Saud, King Abdulaziz. A graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Prince Sultan is the former ...
. His full sister was Latifa bint Fahd who died in December 2013. Faisal bin Fahd studied political science and economics at the University of California at Santa Barbara, graduating in 1971.


Career

Prince Faisal's first post was the president of Saudi fencing federation. In 1971, he was appointed as the chairman of the Saudi football federation. In July 1975, he became the president of Youth Welfare, replacing Khalid bin Faisal in the post. Faisal was promoted to the ministerial rank in 1977. He was also appointed as the chairman of the Saudi Arabian Olympic committee in 1975 and chairman of the Arab games federation in 1976. He was also director-general at the ministry of planning starting in 1977. After 1977, he held the rank of minister of state and was a private "emissary to Iraq." Unlike his brothers, his business activities were not intensive. In 1981, he chaired the sports federation for Islamic solidarity, and in 1982, the international committee for the preservation of the legacy of Islamic civilization. From 1979 to his death, he chaired the Kingdom's supreme committee for the merit in literature prize. He had been the chairman of the Saudi Arabian society for youth hostels since 1973. Later, he became a member of the
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in 1984. He was also the president of the Arabian football union and head of the national committee on drugs control, to which he had been appointed in 1984. He served internationally as the president of the international swimming association. In 1992, he became the chairman of the Saudi federation of sports for the disabled.


Personal life

Prince Faisal had two sons, Prince Nawaf and Prince Khalid, and three daughters. His wife was Munira bint Sultan, a daughter of Sultan bin Abdulaziz who died in June 2011 at age 59. His daughter, Haifa, is the spouse of Saud bin Khalid bin Abdullah.


Death and funeral

Faisal bin Fahd died of a
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in King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh on 21 August 1999, shortly after returning from the Pan Arab Games held in
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. He was admitted to the hospital due to his heart problems a day before the death. His father, King Fahd, could not return to Saudi Arabia from Marbella to attend Faisal's funeral due to his medical condition that did not allow him to make a journey. On 21 August 1999, funeral prayers were held for him in Riyadh with the participation of then Crown Prince Abdullah, Prince Sultan, Prince Nayef and hundreds of Saudis. Mourners also included then Crown Prince Hamza of Jordan, the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and Bahrain's
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, Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman, and Crown Prince, Shaikh Salman bin Hamad.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saud, Faisal Fahd Faisal 1945 births 1999 deaths Burials at Al Oud cemetery Children of Fahd of Saudi Arabia Youth ministers of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian International Olympic Committee members University of California, Santa Barbara alumni Faisal Fahd Abdelaziz Sons of kings