Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud

E1021542

Saudi royal diplomat human politician

Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud is a prominent Saudi royal, diplomat, and former long-serving ambassador to the United States who later headed Saudi Arabia’s intelligence agency.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud canonical	2
Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13112562 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud
Context triple: [Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, child, Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud]

A. Dammam
Dammam is a major Saudi Arabian city and commercial hub on the eastern coast, serving as a key center for the country’s oil industry and maritime trade.
B. Jubayl
Jubayl is a historic coastal city in Lebanon, widely identified with the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
C. Dhahran
Dhahran is a major city in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province known for its role as a center of the country’s oil industry and the headquarters of Saudi Aramco.
D. King Abdullah Economic City
King Abdullah Economic City is a large, master-planned coastal development in Saudi Arabia designed as a major economic, residential, and logistics hub on the Red Sea.
E. Jubail
Jubail is a major industrial and port city on Saudi Arabia’s eastern coast, known for its large petrochemical complexes and strategic maritime facilities.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud
Target entity description: Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud is a prominent Saudi royal, diplomat, and former long-serving ambassador to the United States who later headed Saudi Arabia’s intelligence agency.

A. Dammam
Dammam is a major Saudi Arabian city and commercial hub on the eastern coast, serving as a key center for the country’s oil industry and maritime trade.
B. Jubayl
Jubayl is a historic coastal city in Lebanon, widely identified with the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
C. Dhahran
Dhahran is a major city in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province known for its role as a center of the country’s oil industry and the headquarters of Saudi Aramco.
D. King Abdullah Economic City
King Abdullah Economic City is a large, master-planned coastal development in Saudi Arabia designed as a major economic, residential, and logistics hub on the Red Sea.
E. Jubail
Jubail is a major industrial and port city on Saudi Arabia’s eastern coast, known for its large petrochemical complexes and strategic maritime facilities.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Saudi royal ⓘ diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ
child	Reema bint Bandar Al Saud ⓘ linked to: Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud
countryOfCitizenship	Saudi Arabia ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1949-03-02 ⓘ
educatedAt	Johns Hopkins University ⓘ Royal Air Force College Cranwell ⓘ linked to: Royal Air Force College
endTime	2005 ⓘ 2014 ⓘ 2015 ⓘ
familyName	Al Saud ⓘ linked to: House of Saud
father	Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ⓘ
fullName	Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ⓘ linked to: Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud
givenName	Bandar ⓘ
honorificTitle	Prince ⓘ
languageSpoken	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ
memberOf	House of Saud ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Saudi Air Force ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm	Abdullah of Saudi Arabia ⓘ Fahd of Saudi Arabia ⓘ linked to: Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
mother	Khizaran bint Ahmad ⓘ
notableFor	close ties with multiple U.S. presidents ⓘ involvement in Afghan–Soviet war support policies ⓘ involvement in Iran–Contra era diplomacy ⓘ role in Saudi–U.S. relations ⓘ
numberOfChildren	8 ⓘ
occupation	diplomat ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ
officeHeldDuringPeriod	Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States ⓘ Director General of the Saudi Intelligence Agency ⓘ Secretary General of the Saudi National Security Council ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Saudi Arabia ⓘ Taif ⓘ
positionHeld	Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States ⓘ Director General of the Saudi Intelligence Agency ⓘ Secretary General of the Saudi National Security Council ⓘ
relative	Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
residence	McLean, Virginia ⓘ linked to: McLean Riyadh ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Haifa bint Faisal Al Saud ⓘ linked to: Haifa bint Saud bin Faisal Al Saud
startTime	1983 ⓘ 2005 ⓘ 2012 ⓘ