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Crown Prince Fahd and King Khalid at a ceremony Egyptian President Anwar Sadat receives King Khalid and Crown Prince Fahd, Cairo in July 1975 U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Crown Prince Fahd in 1978. After the murder of King Faisal in 1975 and the accession of King Khalid, Fahd was named first deputy prime minister and concurrently crown prince.
Prince Fahd was born in August 1959. [3] He is the son of Prince Turki II bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Noura bint Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman, a daughter of his grandfather Ibn Saud's half-brother, Abdullah. [3] [4] Prince Fahd's full-brothers are Prince Khalid (born December 1957), Prince Faisal (born January 1965) and Prince Sultan (born May 1968 ...
In 2003, he began to establish a college, Fahd bin Sultan College in Tabuk. The college was opened by his father, Sultan bin Abdulaziz. [15] It was approved by King Abdullah as a university on 2 October 2011. [16] In Tabuk, a private hospital was established with his name, Prince Fahd bin Sultan Hospital, in 1995.
They had four sons and three daughters. Prince Khalid's daughter Nuf married Prince Fahd, son of King Salman. [36] She died on 20 July 2021. [37] Another daughter, Fadwa bint Khalid, is married to Mohammad bin Nawwaf, former Saudi ambassador to the United Kingdom. [38] Prince Khalid was one of the closest friends of King Fahd, his brother-in ...
Immediately after the incident the relations between King Faisal and Prince Fahd, interior minister, became tense. [8] Because the king accused Prince Fahd of being late to take steps to suppress the coup. [8] Following this disagreement Prince Fahd left the country and stayed in Europe until May 1970. [8]
Prince Fahd with US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, April 2013. Fahd bin Abdullah was a military officer. He had business activities while serving in these posts. [4] He became the commander of the marine forces in Royal Saudi Navy in April 2002. [9] [10] He also served at the ships of King Abdulaziz and the floating units of the marine base. [9]
[1] [3] 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 Los Angeles. [4] His full brothers are Mohammed bin Fahd, Saud bin Fahd, Khaled bin Fahd and Sultan bin Fahd. [5]
In June 1982, Fahd ascended to the throne following the passing of his half-brother, Khaled. After experiencing a stroke in 1995, the king's health declined, leading to Crown Prince Abdullah assuming his half-brother's functions as regent. [1] On 27 May 2005, Fahd was admitted to the King Faisal Specialist Hospital due