Biography of king fahd of saudi arabia wikipedia

King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz died on August 1, He had served as the king and prime minister of Saudi Arabia , and leader of the House of Saud.

Fahd of saudi arabia died

Fahd suffered a major stroke in , and was subsequently unable to perform his official duties; his half-brother, Crown Prince Abdullah , served as de facto regent of the kingdom. Fahd was a son of Ibn Saud , the first monarch and founder of modern Saudi Arabia. At the time of his birth, Fahd's father was completing the consolidation of the House of Saud's power on the Arabian Peninsula and the founding of Saudi Arabia.

At the age of eleven, in , Fahd watched as his father officially founded the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by signing the Treaty of Jedda. Fahd's education took place at the Princes' School in Riyadh, a school established by Ibn Saud specifically for the education of members of the House of Saud. On this trip, Fahd served under his brother, King Faisal who was at the time Saudi Arabia's foreign minister.

In , at the age of thirty, Fahd was appointed Education Minister by his father. Later Fahd would lead the Saudi delegation to the League of Arab States in , signifying his growing relevance and importance in the House of Saud — and his being groomed for more significant power. Finally, in , Fahd was given a post of prodigious responsibility, that of Interior Minister.

King Fahd has given money for building mosques throughout the world.