In the political history of Saudi Arabia, Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is one of the names the record keeps returning to.
The record lists Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as King of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005.
Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was born at Riyadh in 1923. His recorded nationality is Saudi Arabia. He was educated at Princes' School.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
He served as King of Saudi Arabia (1982–2005), Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia (1982–2005) and Minister of Education (1953–1962).
He is described as monarch and politician.
What survives of a political career is usually not the speeches but the institutions left behind.
Recognition followed: Royal Order of the Seraphim, Order of the Nile (1989), Collar of the Spanish Order of the Civil Merit (1977) and Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud.
That the career was made in Saudi Arabia is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud died in 2005, aged 82. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- King of Saudi Arabia (1982–2005)
- Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia (1982–2005)
- Minister of Education (1953–1962)
- interior minister (1962–1975)
- Royal Order of the Seraphim
- Order of the Nile — 1989
- Collar of the Spanish Order of the Civil Merit — 1977
- Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud
- Educated at Princes' School
