Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud

Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud
Prince Bandar in 2008
President of General Intelligence
Tenure	19 July 2012 – 15 April 2014
Predecessor	Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Successor	Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud
Monarch	Abdullah
Secretary General of the National Security Council
Tenure	16 October 2005 – 29 January 2015
Predecessor	Office established
Successor	Office abolished
Monarch	Abdullah
Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington, D.C.
Tenure	24 October 1983 – 8 September 2005
Predecessor	Faisal Alhegelan
Successor	Turki bin Faisal Al Saud
Monarch	Fahd Abdullah
Born	(1949-03-02) 2 March 1949 (age 75) Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
Spouse	Haifa bint Faisal
Issue	8, including Reema, Khalid, and Faisal
Names Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
House	Al Saud
Father	Sultan bin Abdulaziz
Mother	Khiziran
Alma mater	Royal Air Force College Cranwell Johns Hopkins University

Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud (Arabic: بندر بن سلطان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود; born 2 March 1949) is a member of the Saudi ruling family, military officer, and retired diplomat who served as Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States from 1983 to 2005. From 2005 to 2015 he served as secretary general of the National Security Council, and was director general of the Saudi Intelligence Agency from 2012 to 2014. From 2014 to 2015 he was King Abdullah's special envoy.