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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 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]
Fahd's father, Abdullah, was Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabir's son. [2] Princess Seeta, who died on 2011, was the sister of late King Abdullah. [3] Prince Fahd has four blood siblings: Turki, Bandar, Noura and Nouf [4] and a step sister, Al Jawhara. Prince Fahd had received his primary and secondary education at the Capital Institute in Riyadh.
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
Crown Prince Fahd made Bandar an emissary to Carter and granted him permission to act independently of the Saudi-U.S. ambassador. [3] In 1982, King Fahd made him the military attache at the Saudi Embassy, a move which could have ended his diplomatic career. However, in 1983, Fahd appointed Bandar as Saudi Ambassador to the United States. [3]
[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]
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 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 ...