Faisal bin Abdullah Al Saud (born 1950)

Faisal bin Abdullah was born in Riyadh on 13 May 1950.{{cite web|title=Faisal bin Abdullah|url=http://www.gcf.org.sa/en/Speakers/Basmah-Al-Omair211/ Prince Faisal was educated in the United States, receiving a bachelor's degree in business administration from Menlo College in 1971 and a master's degree in industrial engineering from Stanford University in 1977. His master's degree studies included the fields of values, technologies and society, and futurology. ==Career==

Faisal bin Abdullah worked in the research and industrial development center at the ministry of commerce from 1971 to 1973. He was also the chairman of steering committee of Al Aghar Group of Strategic Thought. Faisal bin Abdullah was appointed minister of education to the Saudi cabinet on 14 February 2009, replacing Abdullah bin Saleh bin Obaid who had been in this post since 2005. Views It was thought that Faisal bin Abdullah supported the reform initiatives of King Abdullah. He further argued that it might be time for children to attend mixed-sex primary schools. president of the Saudi Arabian Boy Scouts Association, (at the age of 14 in 1963 he attended the 11th World Scout Jamboree in Marathon, Greece); president of the Saudi national commission for childhood, and chairman of the board of trustees of the equestrian fund.{{cite news|title=Reception For Saudi Equestrian Team|access-date=12 August 2012 ==Personal life==

Faisal bin Abdullah is married to his first cousin Adila bint Abdullah, daughter of his maternal uncle King Abdullah.{{cite web|author=Simon Henderson|work=The Washington Institute|title=After King Abdullah As of 2010 Faisal bin Abdullah was living in Jeddah where he had moved in 1992 when he was appointed to the National Guard in the Western Province.{{cite news|author=Abdullah Obayan|title=Education and heritage drive Prince Faisal|newspaper=Saudi Gazette ==References==