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Faisal Al Saud فيصل بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود | |
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| Born | 14 April 1906 Riyadh, Emirate of Riyadh |
| Died | 25 March 1975 (aged 68) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Political orientation | Monarchism Wahhabism |
Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (14 April 1906 – 25 March 1975) was the King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 until his assassination in 1975. Before his ascension he was Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964, and he was briefly regent to his half-brother King Saud in 1964. He served as prime minister from 1954 to 1960 and from 1962 to 1975, and also held many other offices, most notably as foreign affairs minister.
He created the Muslim World League to attack Nasserism and socialism. Despite his hatred of Gamal Abdel Nasser, both attended the Bandung Conference in 1955. In 1957, he devalued the rial, which benefited oil merchants but harmed the people.[1]
Reign[edit | edit source]
In 1970, Faisal put the Ministry of Justice under the control of Islamic scholars (ulema) in order to create an Islamic state.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vijay Prashad (2008). The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World: 'Mecca' (pp. 261–4). [PDF] The New Press. ISBN 9781595583420 [LG]