Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud
Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud | |
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فيصل بن فرحان آل سعود | |
.jpg) Prince Faisal in 2021 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 23 October 2019 | |
| Monarch | Salman |
| Prime Minister |
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| Preceded by | Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf |
| Saudi Ambassador to Germany | |
| In office 27 March 2019 – October 2019 | |
| Monarch | Salman |
| Preceded by | Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud |
| Succeeded by | Essam Ibrahim Baitalmal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 November 1974 Frankfurt, West Germany |
| Relatives | House of Saud |
| Alma mater | King Saud University |
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Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah bin Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud (Arabic: فيصل بن فرحان آل سعود) is a Saudi Arabian diplomat and a member of House of Saud. He is also the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs and member of the Saudi Council of Ministers since 23 October 2019. He was appointed to that position by a royal decree issued by King Salman. He was previously appointed the Kingdom’s Ambassador to Germany in February 2019 until his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs.[1]
Early life[change | change source]
Prince Faisal was born on 1 November 1974 in Frankfurt, West Germany and spent most of his childhood and young adulthood in Offenbach. His mother is German and he can speak German language very easily.[2] He completed his studies from United States and then studied business administration at King Saud University which is in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[3]
Political career[change | change source]
Faisal worked as a consultant at the Saudi Arabian Embassy in the United States for two years. Before that, he had important jobs in Saudi and international companies, mostly in the aerospace and weapons related field. He used to be a director at Saudi Arabian Military Industries. In January 2017, he had said that, "He was very happy with his private investment company and had no desire to take up government positions" but the same year he became an adviser to the Saudi ambassador in the United States.[2] He also led a partnership between the US and Saudi Arabia with Boeing. Additionally, Faisal was an advisor at the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia.[4]
In November 2017, Saudi Arabia called ambassador Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud back from Germany, because of a disagreement. This happened after the German Foreign Minister, Sigmar Gabriel, criticized Saudi Arabia's involvement in Lebanon's politics. After about a year with no ambassador, Saudi Arabia sent Faisal bin Farhan to Berlin on 27 March 2019.
On 23 October 2019, he was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia.[1]
In June 2023, Faisal took part in a BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting in Cape Town chaired by South Africa.[5][6]
Honors[change | change source]
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud awarded him the King Abdulaziz Scarf, on April 6, 2021.[7]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Saudi royal decree appoints Prince Faisal bin Farhan as new foreign minister". Al Arabiya. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Krüger, Paul-Anton (24 October 2019). "Saudi-Arabien: Faisal bin Farhan wird Außenminister". Süddeutsche.de (in German).
- ↑ "Saudi Arabia's new foreign minister: Businessman turned diplomat". Al Arabiya. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ↑ "Ambassadors in Germany". diplomatisches-magazin.de. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ↑ "BRICS open to enlargement in call for 'multipolar' world". Deutsche Welle. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ↑ "Russian minister attends meeting of developing economies as bloc discusses adding Saudi Arabia, Iran". AP News. 1 June 2023.
- ↑ "بأمر الملك سلمان.. وزير الخارجية يتلقى وشاح الملك عبدالعزيز" [By order of King Salman, the Minister of Foreign Affairs receives King Abdulaziz’s scarf]. www.almowaten.net (in Arabic). 6 May 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2024.