Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud
Saudi royal, diplomat, military officer and government official (born 1949) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud (Arabic: بندر بن سلطان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود; born 2 March 1949) is a retired Saudi Arabian diplomat, military officer, and government official who served as Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States from 1983 to 2005. He is a member of the House of Saud. From 2005 to 2015 he served as secretary general of the National Security Council, and was director general of the Saudi Intelligence Agency from 2012 to 2014. From 2014 to 2015 he was King Abdullah's special envoy.
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Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud | |||||
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President of General Intelligence | |||||
Tenure | 19 July 2012 – 15 April 2014 | ||||
Predecessor | Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | ||||
Successor | Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud | ||||
Monarch | Abdullah | ||||
Secretary General of the National Security Council | |||||
Tenure | 16 October 2005 – 29 January 2015 | ||||
Predecessor | Office established | ||||
Successor | Office abolished | ||||
Monarch | Abdullah | ||||
Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington, D.C. | |||||
Tenure | 24 October 1983 – 8 September 2005 | ||||
Predecessor | Faisal Alhegelan | ||||
Successor | Turki bin Faisal Al Saud | ||||
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Born | (1949-03-02) 2 March 1949 (age 75) Ta'if, Saudi Arabia | ||||
Spouse | Haifa bint Faisal | ||||
Issue | 8, including Reema, Khalid, and Faisal | ||||
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House | Al Saud | ||||
Father | Sultan bin Abdulaziz | ||||
Mother | Khiziran | ||||
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