Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Faisal bin Salman Al Saud ( Fayṣal bin Salmān Āl Suʿūd; born 25 December 1970) is a member of the House of Saud and governor of Madinah province in Saudi Arabia. Early life and education Prince Faisal was born in Riyadh on 25 December 1970. He is the fifth son of Salman bin Abdulaziz, the King of Saudi Arabia. His mother is Sultana bint Turki Al Sudairi, who died in July 2011. She was a daughter of King Salman's uncle, Turki bin Ahmed Al Sudairi, who was formerly the governor of Asir Province. Faisal is a full brother of Prince Fahd, Prince Ahmed, Prince Sultan, Prince Abdulaziz and Princess Hassa. Faisal bin Salman holds a bachelor's degree in political science from King Saud University. He received a PhD from Oxford University in 1999. His PhD thesis was titled "Iran, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf: Power Politics in Transition 1968-1971", and was published by I.B.Tauris in 2003. Career He was a professor of political science at King Saud University. He studied especially political relations in the Persian Gulf region among the others during his academic career. During this period he was a research fellow at Georgetown University.