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{{Family name hatnote|lang=Arabic|[[Al Saud]]}}
{{Short description|Saudi royal and government official (born 1954)}}
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| full name         = Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
| succession        = Governor of [['Asir Region]]
| reign             = 16 May 2007 – 27 September 2018
| reign-type        = In office
| reg-type          = Monarch
| regent            = {{ubl|[[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|King Abdullah]] |[[Salman of Saudi Arabia|King Salman]]}}
| predecessor       = [[Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud|Khalid Al Faisal]]
| successor         = [[Turki bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud |Turki bin Talal]]
| father            = [[King Khalid]]
| mother            = [[Sita bint Fahd Al Damir]]
| birth_date        = {{Birth year and age|1954}}
| birth_place       = [[Riyadh]]
| house             = [[House of Saud|Al Saud]]
| module            = {{Infobox person|child=yes| alma mater   = [[College of San Mateo]] }}}}
'''Faisal bin Khalid Al Saud''' ({{langx|ar|فيصل بن خالد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود}}; born 1954) is a former governor of [[Asir Region]] and a member of the [[House of Saud|Saudi ruling family]].
==Early life and education==
Prince Faisal was born in [[Riyadh]] in 1954.<ref name=dhow>{{cite web|title=Faisal Khalid Abdulaziz |url=https://dhow.com/biographies/1/faisal-khaled-abdulaziz-aal-saud/|work=Dhownet|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> He is the youngest son of former [[King Khalid]] and [[Sita bint Fahd Al Damir]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.datarabia.com/royals/famtree.do?id=176404|title=Royal Family Directory|work=Datarabia|access-date=15 September 2012}}</ref> who died at the age of 90 in Riyadh on 25 December 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Death of Princess Sita bint Fahd|url=http://www.spa.gov.sa/English/readsinglenews.php?id=1062762&content_id=&scroll=1
|access-date=26 December 2012|work=Saudi Press Agency|date=25 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234654/http://www.spa.gov.sa/English/readsinglenews.php?id=1062762&content_id=&scroll=1|archive-date=30 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Prince Faisal bin Khalid Receives Condolers on the Death of his mother|url=http://saudibiznews.com/local-news/item/578-prince-faisal-bin-khalid-receives-condolers-on-the-death-of-his-mother|work=Saudi Business News|access-date=28 December 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131228182540/http://saudibiznews.com/local-news/item/578-prince-faisal-bin-khalid-receives-condolers-on-the-death-of-his-mother|archive-date=28 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Faisal bin Khalid studied elementary and middle schools in [[Jeddah]], and high school at the Institute of the capital Riyadh model. He completed his undergraduate studies at the [[College of San Mateo]].<ref name=dhow/>
==Career==
Prince Faisal was former deputy governor of [[Asir Province]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Prince Khalid bin Faisal opens tourism symposium|url=http://www.saudinf.com/display_news.php?id=1721|work=SAMIRAD|accessdate=7 May 2012|date=16 March 2004|archive-date=30 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233046/http://www.saudinf.com/display_news.php?id=1721|url-status=usurped}}</ref> He was appointed to this post in August 2003. His tenure lasted for four years. He was appointed governor of Asir Province on 16 May 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Saudi Arabia|url=http://www.saudiembassy.net/about/country-information/map_of_provinces.aspx|publisher=Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia Washington D. C.|access-date=6 April 2012|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224638/http://www.saudiembassy.net/about/country-information/map_of_provinces.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He is chairman of the [[King Khalid Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web|title=King Khaled exhibition opens in Alkhobar|url=http://sofaraa.net/en/2012/03/king-khaled-exhibition-opens-in-alkhobar/|publisher=Sofaraa|access-date=7 May 2012|date=10 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hawari|first=Walaa|title=King Khalid Award for the late crown prince|url=http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article534126.ece|accessdate=7 May 2012|newspaper=Arab News|date=16 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120204857/http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article534126.ece|archive-date=20 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is a member of the [[Allegiance Council]].<ref>{{cite news|title=King Abdullah names members of the Allegiance Commission
|url=http://www.saudiembassy.net/latest_news/news12100801.aspx|publisher=Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington, DC|date=10 December 2007|access-date=3 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601061618/http://saudiembassy.net/latest_news/news12100801.aspx|archive-date=1 June 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Faisal bin Khalid was also one of the advisors at the Crown Prince Court. In other words, he was one of the advisors of [[Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Crown Prince Nayef]]. The other two advisors of the Crown Prince were [[Mohammed bin Fahd]] and [[Mishaal bin Abdullah Al Saud|Mishaal bin Abdullah]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Hariri Discusses Regional Situations with Saudi Crown Prince|work=Naharnet|access-date=28 May 2012
|url=http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/20418|date=15 November 2011}}</ref>
==Activities as a governor==
Faisal bin Khalid was reported to successfully deal with protests by university students in [[King Khalid University]] in [[Abha]] in March 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author=Talal Kapoor|title=Nayif's Return - A Lame Duck Crown Prince?|url=http://www.datarabia.com/royals/viewCommentary.do?id=79251&pageNum=2|work=Datarabia|access-date=12 April 2012}}</ref> On the other hand, although he cared for the students' demands, he also declared that such activities were results of those planning to harm the security of the Kingdom and that such plans would not be tolerated.<ref>{{cite web|author=Y. Admon|title=First Signs of Protest by Sunnis in Saudi Arabia|work=MEMRI|access-date=27 May 2012
|url=http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/189/0/6245.htm|format=Inquiry and Analysis Series Report No.819|date=4 April 2012}}</ref>
==Personal life and interests==
Faisal bin Khalid is a supporter of equestrian stable and he owns Prince Faisal bin Khalid stable (Red Stable), one of the conventional stables in Saudi Arabia.
==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Faisal bin Khalid Al Saud'''
|2= 2. [[Khalid of Saudi Arabia|Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]]
|3= 3. [[Sita bint Fahd Al Damir]]
|4= 4. [[Ibn Saud|Abdulaziz ibn Saud]]
|5= 5. [[Al Jawhara bint Musaed Al Jiluwi]]
|6= 6. Fahd Al Damir
|8= 8. [[Abdul Rahman bin Faisal]]
|9= 9. [[Sara bint Ahmed Al Sudairi]]
|10= 10. Musaed bin Jiluwi Al Jiluwi
|16= 16. [[Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud]]
|17= 17. Sara bint Mishari bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al Saud
|18= 18. Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud
|19= 19. Ahmed Al Kabir bin Mohammed bin Turki Al Sudairi
|20= 20. [[Jiluwi bin Turki Al Saud]]
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