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  Sultan, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (Arabic: صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير سلطان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود‎) (born 1926 in Riyadh) is the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, and First Deputy Prime Minister.
Prince Sultan was appointed Governor of Riyadh in 1947.
Prince Sultan is also the inspector general for the kingdom, and is Chairman of the Board of Saudi Arabia's national airline, Saudi Arabian Airlines.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sultan_bin_Abdul_Aziz   (439 words)

  
 HRH Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Second Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General
HRH Prince Sultan was born in Riyadh on the 5th of January, 1928 (13th of Rajab, 1346 H).
Prince Sultan was appointed Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General on 13/10/1962 (15/5/1382 H).
Prince Sultan is well known for his humanitarian and philanthropic contributions, establishing for this purpose "The Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud Philanthropic Society." It is run by a Board of Trustees chaired by Prince Sultan, with his sons and a number of citizens as members.
www.the-saudi.net /al-saud/sultan.htm   (312 words)

  
 SUSRIS - Biography - Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz
HRH Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz was designated Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and appointed Deputy Prime Minister, by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz on August 1, 2005, upon the death of King Fahd.
Prince Sultan was born in Riyadh in 1928, and received his early education in religion, modern culture and diplomacy along with his brothers at the royal court.
Prince Sultan was appointed Minister of Defense and Aviation in 1963.
www.saudi-us-relations.org /fact-book/bios/060228-prince-sultan.html   (555 words)

  
 Prince Sultan patronizes Water Conference - The Saudi Arabia Information Resource
At the venue, Prince Sultan was received by Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz, Governor of Riyadh Region; Prince Miqren bin Abdul Aziz, Governor of Madinah Region, Dr Ghazi bin Abdulrahman Al-Qusaibi, the Minister of Water, Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al-Atiyyah, GCC Secretary General, and a number of officials.
Prince Sultan expressed his pleasure to address the Conference and the Symposium on Water Conservation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, noting that the Kingdom was among the first countries in the world to utilize land resources for the welfare of its citizens.
Prince Sultan then inaugurated the exhibition of water equipment and technology, which was organised on the fringes of the Conference.
www.saudinf.com /main/y5479.htm   (319 words)

  
 Saudi Aramco World : A Prince in Space   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Prince Sultan, French scientist Patrick Baudry, and Americans Daniel Brandenstein, commander; John Creighton, pilot; John Fabian, mission specialist, Steven Nagel, the 100th American in space, and Shannon Lucid, the sixth woman in space, worked hard for Moore's praise.
Prince Sultan, a 28-year old graduate of the University of Denver - with a degree in mass communications - and a trained pilot, was picked to be the first Arab in space after a search of several months.
Prince Sultan was named the primary payload specialist and Major 'Abd al-Mohsin Hammad al-Bassam, a 36-year old instructor in the Royal Saudi Air Force, was selected to be his back-up.
www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/198601/a.prince.in.space.htm   (2173 words)

  
 Ain-Al-Yaqeen - July 30, 2004 - Article 6
Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General was born in Riyadh in 1928, and received his early education in religion, modern culture and diplomacy along with his brothers at the royal court.
Prince Sultan genuine interest in the welfare and educational and scientific development of Saudi Arabia, and especially its youth, has initiated the idea of building a state-of-the-art science and technology center in the city of Khobar, located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.
Prince Sultan Center for Environment, Water and Desert Studies undertakes to achieve its goals by means of scientific studies and research, particularly in the realms of resistance to desertification, the preservation and organized use of natural and environmental resources, forestation and expansion of natural plant cover, forest and pastureland.
www.ain-al-yaqeen.com /issues/20040730/feat6en.htm   (5178 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Profile: Saudi Prince Sultan
Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz, second deputy prime minister and minister of defence and aviation, has been named the new crown prince of Saudi Arabia at the age of 81.
Crown Prince Sultan is a full brother of the late King Fahd, one of seven male offspring of former King Abdel Aziz's favourite wife.
Crown Prince Sultan was born in Riyadh in 1924.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/4734609.stm   (501 words)

  
 MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: Reports of Israel Talks Ridiculous: Sultan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Speaking to reporters after presiding over a meeting of the board of trustees of the Prince Sultan Charitable Foundation, the crown prince said that the government was studying the matter of revising school textbooks in accordance with Shariah law.
Sultan said he hoped peace and stability would prevail in Iraq after the new Iraqi government was established.
The Prince Sultan Charitable Foundation is a nonprofit organization established in 1995 in Riyadh.
www.menafn.com /qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093130433   (493 words)

  
 DoD News: Secretary Rumsfeld Joint Interview with Prince Sultan
Sultan: -- The friendship established long ago between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is based on frankness and serves the interests of both the American and the Saudi people.
Sultan: First of all, I would like to stress that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia does not approve by any means and does not agree by any means to the support of terrorism, terrorists or criminals in any way, and there is nobody in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia who funds such groups.
Sultan: We did not actually discuss this matter with His Excellency because we do not feel there are any specific strikes that are going to be taken against the Taliban.
www.defenselink.mil /transcripts/2001/t10042001_t1003sd1.html   (1742 words)

  
 Saudi Aramco World : Down to Earth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Since Prince Sultan ibn Salman ibn'Abd al-'Aziz Al Sa'ud, the first Arab astronaut, returned to earth, swooping out of the darkness to a smooth dawn landing at Edwards Air Force Base in June, he has been lauded and applauded as few astronauts have been since the early days of exploration.
Prince Sultan also received a citation from Massachusetts and delivered a moving address focused on the links between the United States and the Islamic world.
Prince Sultan himself tended to downplay the quite natural hyperbole that cropped up here and there in the press; he said he didn't really think of himself as "the personification of the Islamic renaissance," as one paper described him.
www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/198601/down.to.earth.htm   (1930 words)

  
 UNESCO Office of Public Information (OPI)| VISIT OF PRINCE SULTAN BIN FAHD BIN ABDELAZIZ
PRESIDENT OF THE SAUDI ...
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Accompanied by his deputy, Prince Nawaf Bin Faisal Bin Fahd, and by a Saudi delegation, Prince Sultan was welcomed by Assistant Director-General for External Relations, Ahmad Sayyad, Assistant Director-General for Culture a.i., Mounir Bouchenaki, and Francine Fournier, Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences.
Prince Sultan and his delegation were then welcomed by the Chairperson of the Executive Board, Honduran Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, Sonia Mendieta de Badaroux.
Prince Sultan emphasized the importance accorded by Saudi Arabia to UNESCO's role in support of international cooperation in the areas of education, science and culture.
www.unesco.org /bpi/eng/unescopress/2000/00-80e.shtml   (323 words)

  
 Prince Sultan statements
Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, the Second Deputy Premier, Defence and Aviation Minister and Inspector General, has underscored the importance of settling the problems of Palestine and Al-Aqsa Mosque and said they constitute the major cause of tension in the region.
Prince Sultan severely criticized those who tried to take advantage of the Palestinian issue and utilize it for their own aims.
Prince Sultan noted that the Kingdom had assisted Iraq when it was involved in a war against Iran, 'but after the end of the war, we were faced by a strong Iraqi military arsenal.
www.saudia-online.com /newsoct01/news36.shtml   (703 words)

  
 Prince Sultan Air Base
The relocation to Prince Sultan AB -- 50 miles southeast of Riyadh, affected thousands of airman at Dhahran, and at Riyadh Air Base and Eskan Village in Saudi Arabia's capital city.
On 22 June 1999 Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector-General, laid the foundation stone for the Prince Sultan Health Center in Al-Kharj.
Prince Sultan also unveiled plaques commemorating the opening of the Prince Sultan Air Base, and marking the completion of the residential complexes and educational facilities, for which Prince Sultan laid the foundation stones a little under two years previously.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/prince-sultan.htm   (3751 words)

  
 SUSRIS - Saudi Arabia - Japan Relations
Sultan gave $500,000 to the society as a donation from the Saudi government.
Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, arrived here yesterday to a grand welcome which reflected the historic and cordial relations between the two countries.
Crown Prince Sultan yesterday called for the peaceful coexistence of civilizations, saying humanity is badly in need of it to stop wars and occupation of others’ land by force and prevent the spread of hate and enmity.
www.saudi-us-relations.org /articles/2006/ioi/060408-saudi-japan.html   (1740 words)

  
 Prince Bandar Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Prince Bandar was born in Saudi Arabia on March 2, 1949, at Taif, the summer capital of the Kingdom, the son of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Aviation, and Inspector-General.
Prince Bandar was appointed Ambassador to the United States by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud on September 27, 1983 and presented his credentials to President Ronald Reagan on October 24, 1983.
Prince Bandar graduated from the British Royal Air Force College at Cranwell, England, in 1968 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF).
saudiembassy.net /Country/Government/bandarBio.asp   (546 words)

  
 Indian Folktales, Nihalde and Sultan, Rajathani Folktale - Near the village, village women in their colourful dresses ...
Prince Sultan was returning from his hunting expedition and was thirsty.
He was surprised to know from the prince that he was no other than the only son of King Menpal of Kichakgarh and was wandering because of the punishment given by his father to him.
When prince Phoolkanwer asked Prince Sultan to proceed, he refused and said that his godfather, King Kamdhwaj, be informed that he would marry Nihalde or prefer dying on the spot.
www.4to40.com /folktales/index.asp?article=folktales_nihaldeandsultan   (638 words)

  
 USCFL - Who's Who in the House of Saud
King Fahd, Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, Prince Salman, Prince Nayef, Prince Saud al-Faisal, Prince Nawaf bin Abdul Aziz, Bandar bin Sultan, Prince Turki al-Faisal, Muhammad bin Fahd, Abdul Aziz bin Fahd, Khalid bin Sultan.
Prince Turki was fired days before Sept. 11 supposedly because he failed to ''solve'' the Osama bin Laden problem.
At the Defense Ministry run by his father, Prince Sultan, Khalid was best known for commanding the Arab coalition forces during the first gulf war, and for sticking to General Schwarzkopf like a shadow.
www.freelebanon.org /articles/a344.htm   (1210 words)

  
 Ain-Al-Yaqeen - April 14, 2006 - Article 4
Upon arrival of Crown Prince Sultan from the airport at the presidential palace, the two country's national anthems were played, the Saudi guest and his host inspected the guard of honour before the Crown Prince making written remarks in a protocol record in which he expressed pleasure of visiting Singapore.
Crown Prince Sultan called for upgrading the level of understanding, contacts and spreading the culture of peace, tolerance and equality among civilizations and rejecting violence and terrorism.
Crown Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz, the Deputy Prime Minister, Defense and Aviation Minister and Inspector General of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, graced a dinner party held in his honor by the Saudi Ambassador to Singapore Dr. Mohammed bin Ameen Kurdi.
www.ain-al-yaqeen.com /issues/20060414/feat4en.htm   (3769 words)

  
 Do Unto Others Project-Church of the Science of God
Prince Turki ibn Sa’ud ibn Muhammad Al Sa’ud proposed the ionized gas experiment as part of his Ph.D. dissertation at Stanford University, and Prince Sultan recorded it through the front windows of the orbiter, using television cameras housed in the bay of the shuttle for study and analysis by Arab scientists.
Prince Sultan also made a first-time-ever observation that excited the entire Muslim world: he sighted — and photographed ---the lunar crescent of the new moon through the shuttle window; this sighting, on earth, marks the official end of Ramadan, the fasting period for all Muslims, and the start of the joyful ‘Id al Fitr holiday.
Prince Sultan’s achievements were a triumph for him personally, of course, but also for Saudi Arabia and the Arab world as a whole.
www.dountoothers.org /spacearab6606.html   (3050 words)

  
 Prince Bandar bin Sultan The Prince The Secret Story
Prince Bandar's achievements, international credibility and continuing global clout are extraordinary, and transcend the normal definitions of political and international relations analysis.
Rabin when he was Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's ambassador to Washington during the Nixon administration, Prince Bandar transformed the strategic prospects for his country almost single-handedly by the way he was able to negotiate cooperation on major issues for his own nation and the one to which he was accredited.
As the illegitimate son of a Saudi prince and a servant girl, Prince Bandar overcame his unrecognized beginnings to rise as one of Saudi Arabia's brightest diplomatic stars, ultimately becoming the Ambassador to the United States and one of the most influential men in Washington.
www.prince-bandar.com   (1837 words)

  
 :: Princeahmed.org ::
Prince Ahmed's friends and family knew him as a decent and loving man with an appreciation for life.
He was a devoted husband, a father of five children, a businessman and a horse enthusiast who reached the pinnacle of success in thoroughbred racing.
Prince Ahmed's family have dedicated themselves to honoring and restoring his name and reputation.
www.princeahmed.org /truth.html   (326 words)

  
 DEBKAfile - Two Princes at Daggers Drawn
Sultan is either the same age as Abdullah, who is 77 or 78, or a year older and not in good health.
However, the defense minister Prince Sultan is thought to be the richest of the senior Saudi princes.
Sultan is backed up by two internationally prominent sons: Khaled, who commanded the combined allied forces in Gulf War I, and Bandar, the popular Saudi Ambassador to Washington since 1982.Sultan’s political orientation is by and large far more pro-Western than the conservative, inward-looking Abdullah.
www.debka.com /article.php?aid=134   (963 words)

  
 HRH Prince Sultan to head Saudi Arabian Travel Market delegation | Arabian Travel Market (ATM)
Prince Sultan sees the development of an extensive and efficient tourism workforce as a priority, including offering incentives for nationals to work in the industry.
Prince Sultan, 46, a nephew of King Fahd, is the driving force behind Saudi Arabia's initiatives to bolster tourism.
Prince Sultan cautioned the Kingdom must be conservative in its approach to tourism because of its role as the birthplace of Islam.
www.ameinfo.com /23429.html   (955 words)

  
 Prince Sultan Leaves Hospital
The prince thanked Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd, Crown Prince Abdullah, other officials, Saudi citizens and the heads of foreign countries who expressed their good wishes while he was in the hospital.
Prince Abdullah was received on arrival at the palace by officials including Prince Muhammad ibn Fahd, the governor of Eastern Province, Prince Khaled ibn Sultan, assistant minister of defense and aviation for military affairs, and Prince Fahd ibn Sultan, the governor of Tabuk.
Prince Sultan ibn Salman, chairman of DCA’s board of directors, said the center was named after the prince on the occasion of the success of the surgical operation he had undergone recently.
www.arabnews.com /?page=1§ion=0&article=45450&d=22&m=5&y=2004   (375 words)

  
 The New Yorker : fact : content   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Bandar’s father is Prince Sultan, one of the seven sons of Abdul Aziz, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia, and his favorite wife, Hassa bint Ahmed al-Sudairi, who is perhaps the most revered woman in Saudi history.
Sultan, who was in his early twenties at the time of Bandar’s birth, had already held the position of governor of Riyadh.
The Crown Prince was also given a new draft of the proposed communiqué, one that left the impression that the discussion of the Middle East crisis was secondary to issues like the Saudi desire to join the World Trade Organization.
www.newyorker.com /fact/content/?030324fa_fact2   (11723 words)

  
 Anger Management Course: Sultan's subtle game
Prince Bandar is the son of Saudi defense minister Prince Sultan.
Many of the events we are witnessing, such as activity of Saudi-based terrorists, are the external manifestations of the arcane inner politics of the House of Saud and the jockeying for succession among the potential heirs.
This incident added fuel to the running feud between the Sudeiri faction of the royal house, led by King Fahd and his full brother, defense minister Prince Sultan (the leading contender for the succession after Abdullah), and the group led by their half-brother, the regent Abdullah.
www.weblog.nohair.net /archives/000149.html   (1132 words)

  
 :: Prince Sultan University ::
Prince Sultan University (PSU) is an institution dedicated to lifelong learning opportunities for a diverse population of adult learners in Saudi Arabia.
The acquisition of practical knowledge and applicable skills will greatly enhance their opportunities for career advancement in their chosen fields.
Prince Sultan University was established to provide graduate level education to individuals of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia who want to achieve career education goals.
www.psu.edu.sa   (179 words)

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