Английская Википедия:Bandar bin Faisal Al Saud
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Family name hatnote Шаблон:Infobox royalty Bandar bin Faisal Al Saud (1943 – November 2015) was a Saudi Arabian businessman and Royal Saudi Air Force officer. A member of the Saudi royal family, he was one of the children of King Faisal and Iffat Al Thunayan.
Early life and education
Bandar bin Faisal was born in Taif in 1943[1][2] and raised there.[3] He was one of nine children of King Faisal and Iffat Al Thunayan.[4] His full siblings were Princess Sara, Prince Mohammed, Princess Latifa, Prince Saud, Prince Abdul Rahman, Prince Turki, Princess Luluwah and Princess Haifa.[4][5]
Prince Bandar was a graduate of the Hun School.[2][6] He received a bachelor's degree from Pomona College and also, from Whittier College in California.[6][7] Next he graduated from Royal Air Force College Cranwell in 1967 and RAF Staff College.[1][7][8] He also received a graduate degree from the University of Washington.[2][6]
One of his classmates in Cranwell was Bandar bin Sultan, husband of his sister, Haifa.[8]
Career and activities
Following graduation Prince Bandar joined royal air force and began to work as a fighter pilot in the lightning squad.[8] Then he became a lieutenant colonel.[1] He worked at the intelligence unit of the force[1] and also served as the head of the negotiation teams of the force.[9] Later he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.[10][11] In 2007 he retired from the air force after serving forty years.[3][10] Then he worked as a senior military advisor at the Ministry of Defense and Aviation.[10]
While serving in the air force Prince Bandar also involved in business. In the mid-1980s he founded the Saudi Group, a joint venture with his wife Basma bint Majid and his nephew Prince Saud bin Abdullah.[12]
He was one of the early members of the Saudi National Commission for Wildlife.[3] In 2007 Prince Bandar initiated a project to protect the indigenous wildlife in Saudi Arabia.[3]
Personal life and death
Prince Bandar married his cousin Basma bint Majid, a daughter of Prince Majid bin Abdulaziz.[13] He had two children, Prince Sultan[3] and Princess Hanah.[2]
Bandar bin Faisal died in November 2015.[14] He was buried in Riyadh following the afternoon prayer at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque.[10][14]
Ancestry
References
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