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Prince Turki al Faisal at the Arab-US Policymakers Conference in Washington, October 31, 2006. (Photo: Patrick W. Ryan)

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Editor's Note

Earlier today SUSRIS provided news of Prince Turki al Faisal's resignation as Ambassador to the United States. Robin Wright in a Washington Post report reprinted by SUSRIS mentioned the illness of Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al Faisal. The Saudi government is expected to confirm the departure of Prince Turki from his Washington Post later today.

This SUSRIS Item of Interest provides background information on personalities connected with this story: Foreign Minister Saud al Faisal, Prince Turki al Faisal and Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the immediate predecessor to Prince Turki as top Saudi diplomat in Washington.

Saud Al Faisal Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud

Place and Date of Birth: Taif, Saudi Arabia , 1358H (1940)
Scientific Qualifications: B.Sc. In Economics, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA. (1964)
Marital Status: Married; has 3 sons and 3 daughters
Experience:
Joined the Ministry of Petroleum as an economic consultant and a member of the High Coordination Committee.
He was transferred to the General Organization for Petroleum and Mineral Resources (Petromin) on 26/02/1386H as responsible for the Petroleum Relations� Office, with a mandate to monitor relations between the Ministry and Petromin.
He was appointed as Deputy Governor of Petromin for Planning Affairs, on 14/01/1390 H. (22/02/1970)
He was appointed as Deputy Minister, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (21/04/1391H corresponding to 15/06/1971)
He was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs upon a royal decree as of 08/10/1395H corresponding to 13/10/1975)
Other Assignments:
Vice President, High Council for information.
Member of High Council of Petroleum.
Managing Director, National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development (NCWCD)

As a Minister of Foreign Affairs, he is a member of many committees for Arab and Islamic Affairs such as the Lebanon Arab Committee, Arabian Solidarity Committee, the 7-Member Arab Committee, the Jerusalem Committee and the Tripartite Committee for Lebanon.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, KSA Web Site

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Prince Turki al Faisal at the Arab-US Policymakers Conference in Washington, October 31, 2006. (Photo: Patrick W. Ryan) Prince Turki al Faisal

Place and Date of Birth: February 15, 1945, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Education: The Lawrenceville School, Georgetown University
Experience:
Advisor in the Royal Court, 1973
Director General of the General Intelligence Directorate 1977-2001
Ambassador to the UK, 2002-2005
Ambassador to the US, 2005-2006
Other:
King Faisal Foundations, a founding member
Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh
Chairman of the Board, prince Charles Visual Islamic and Traditional Arts Center
Co-chair, C100 Group

Source: SaudiEmbassy.net

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Prince Bandar bin Sultan (Photo: SaudiEmbassy.net) Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud

Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States of America from October 24, 1983 to September 8, 2005.
Currently Secretary-General of the National Security Council - October 16, 2005

Place and Date of Birth: Taif, Saudi Arabia,
Son of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, the Deputy Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia.
Married to Princess Haifa bint Faisal. They have four sons and four daughters
Education:
Attended the British Royal Air Force College Cranwell
Training at Maxwell Air Force Base, USA
Industrial College of the Armed Forces, USA
Masters in International Public Policy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University
Experience:
Commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Saudi Air Force; served for seventeen years, attained the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Special assignments in Washington, DC, during Congressional reviews of the sale to Saudi Arabia of F-15s in 1978 and of AWACs in 1981.
Assigned as defense attach� to US in 1982
Appointed Ambassador to the United States - 1983

Other:
Saudi delegate in the Gulf Cooperation Council mission observing the 1991 Middle East peace talks in Madrid
Regular member of the Kingdom's delegation to the United Nations General Assembly since 1984.

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