Crown Prince Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

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Crown Prince Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was a senior Saudi royal who later became King of Saudi Arabia, overseeing significant modernization and close ties with Western allies during his reign in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Saudi Arabia
Saudi royal
human
birthDate 1921-03-16
birthPlace Nejd
Riyadh
Sultanate of Nejd
burialPlace Al Oud Cemetery
causeOfDeath illness
coronationDate 1982-06-13
countryOfCitizenship Saudi Arabia
deathDate 2005-08-01
deathPlace Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
education traditional Islamic education
era late 20th century
ethnicGroup Arab
linked to: Arabs
father Abdulaziz ibn Abdul Rahman Al Saud
honorificTitle Crown Prince Fahd
King Fahd
introducedPolicy Basic Law of Saudi Arabia
languageSpoken Arabic
memberOf House of Saud
monarchOf Saudi Arabia
mother Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi
name Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
notableFor Gulf War leadership
development of Saudi infrastructure
expansion of education in Saudi Arabia
expansion of the Two Holy Mosques
modernization of Saudi Arabia
strengthening ties with Western allies
positionHeld Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
First Deputy Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia
King of Saudi Arabia
Minister of Education of Saudi Arabia
Minister of Interior of Saudi Arabia
Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia
predecessor Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
reignEnd 2005-08-01
reignStart 1982-06-13
religion Sunni Islam
residence Jeddah
Riyadh
sibling Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
successor Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

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Khalid of Saudi Arabia co-ruledWith Crown Prince Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud honorificTitle Crown Prince Fahd
linked to: Crown Prince Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud