Faisal bin Fahd

Faisal bin Fahd (1945 – 21 August 1999) was the president of Youth Welfare in Saudi Arabia from 1975 to 1999 and a member of House of Saud.

Early life and education

Faisal bin Fahd was born in 1945. He was the eldest son of King Fahd. His mother, Al Anoud bint Abdulaziz bin Musaid, is from the bin Jiluwi branch of the Al Saud whose members intermarried with the members of the House of Saud. She was younger sister of one of Prince Sultan's spouses. She died of kidney failure in Santa Barbara on March 1999 after a long period of treatment in Los Angeles at the age of 76. His full brothers are Saud bin Fahd, Khaled bin Fahd and Sultan bin Fahd.

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 and promoted to the ministerial rank in 1977. He was also appointed 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.