Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud


Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is a Saudi Arabian diplomat and politician and a member of the house of Saud. Prince Faisal is the current foreign minister of Saudi Arabia appointed by King Salman of Saudi Arabia with a royal decree on 23 October 2019. Prince Faisal was born in Frankfurt, Germany and spent a part of his childhood and youth in Germany, which is why, according to German news media, he speaks fluent German.

Early life and political career

Prince Faisal is a member of the house of Saud. He is the son of Prince Farhan, the grandson of Prince Abdullah, the great-grandson of King Faisal, and the great-great grandson of King Abdulaziz. He was born on 1 November 1974 and educated in the US. He served as an adviser at the Saudi Arabian Embassy in the US from 2017 to 2019. As an expert on the defense industry he also chaired a US-Saudi joint-venture with the aerospace company Boeing. Prince Faisal also served as an adviser to the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia. On 27 March 2019, he was appointed as ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Germany. On 23 October 2019, Prince Faisal was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia.