Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud
| Faisal bin Abdullah | |||||
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| Minister of Education | |||||
| In office | 14 February 2009 – 22 December 2013 | ||||
| Predecessor | Abdullah bin Saleh bin Obaid | ||||
| Monarch | King Abdullah | ||||
| Successor | Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud | ||||
| Born |
13 May 1950 Riyadh |
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| Spouse | Adila bint Abdullah Al Saud | ||||
| Issue | Four daughters and two sons | ||||
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| House | House of Saud | ||||
| Father | Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud | ||||
| Mother | Nouf bint Abdulaziz Al Saud | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
| Full name | |
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| Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Faisal bin Turki Al Saud |
Faisal bin Abdullah (Arabic: الامير فيصل بن عبدالله بن محمد آل سعود) (born 13 May 1950) is the former minister of education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 14 February 2009 until 22 December 2013.
Faisal bin Abdullah was born in Riyadh on 13 May 1950. He is from the Mohammad sub-branch of the Saud bin Faisal branch of the Al Saud family. His mother is Nouf bint Abdulaziz Al Saud, a daughter of Ibn Saud and the full sister of King Abdullah.
He was educated in the United States, receiving a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Menlo College in 1971 and a master’s degree in industrial engineering from Stanford University in 1977. His master's degree studies included the fields of values, technologies and society, and futurology.
Faisal bin Abdullah worked in the research and industrial development center at the ministry of commerce from 1971 to 1973. During the period 1992 to 1997, he founded companies and became stakeholder in some firms. Faisal bin Abdullah was deputy commander of the National Guard’s western sector from 1992 to 2003. In the years before his 2009 appointment as minister of education, he was deputy chief of General Intelligence Presidency (GIP), a position he had held since 2003. Prince Faisal was responsible for the reorganization of GIP's administrative structure.
In addition to these official posts, Faisal bin Abdullah played a role in improving the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. He was also the chairman of steering committee of Al Aghar Group of Strategic Thought.
Faisal bin Abdullah was appointed minister of education to the Saudi cabinet on 14 February 2009, replacing Abdullah bin Saleh bin Obaid who had been in this post since 2005. At the time of the appointment, western news media reported that Faisal had earlier been involved in efforts to reduce extremist influences from the Saudi education system; his appointment was thought to reflect the King's intention to reinforce efforts to reduce the influence of extremists in the domain of education. However, his appointment as well as the others made in 2009 was regarded as a struggle for power rather than a dynamic of reform.
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