Khalid Al-Faisal

Khalid Al-Faisal
Governor of Makkah Region
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 January 2015
Appointed by	King Salman
Preceded by	Mishaal bin Abdullah Al Saud
In office 16 May 2007 – 22 December 2013
Appointed by	King Abdullah
Preceded by	Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Succeeded by	Mishaal bin Abdullah Al Saud
Minister of Education
In office 22 December 2013 – 29 January 2015
Monarchs	King Abdullah King Salman
Prime Minister	King Abdullah King Salman
Preceded by	Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud
Succeeded by	Azzam bin Mohammad Al Dakheel
Governor of Asir Region
In office 1971–2007
Appointed by	King Faisal
Preceded by	Fahd bin Saad bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud
Succeeded by	Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Personal details
Born	(1940-02-24) 24 February 1940 (age 84) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Spouse	Princess Al Anoud bint Abdullah bin Mohammad
Children	Bandar Sultan [Wikidata] Saud
House	Al Saud
Parents	King Faisal (father) Haya bint Turki Al Turki (mother)

Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud (Arabic: خالد بن فيصل ال سعود Khālid bin Fayṣal Āl Suʿūd; born 24 February 1940), commonly known as Khalid Al-Faisal, is a Saudi Arabian politician, artist, and poet who is the governor of Makkah Province, in office from 2007 to 2013 and again since 2015. He was the Saudi minister of education from 2013 to 2015. He was also the governor of Asir Province from 1971 to 2007. He served as the adviser to King Salman.^[1]