Sultan Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

سلطان بن سلمان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود born 27 june 1956 is a former royal saudi air force pilot who flew aboard the american sts 51 g space shuttle mission as a payload specialist and a member of the house of saud he is the first member of a royal family to fly in space the first arab to fly in space and the.

Sultan bin salman bin abdulaziz al saud. In 1982 he was appointed to the position of researcher in the department of international communications at the ministry of information in saudi arabia. Sultan bin salman bin abdulaziz al saud arabic. 5 january 1928 22 october 2011 arabic. Sultan bin abdulaziz al saud c.

He is the first member of a royal family to fly in space the first arab to fly in space and the first muslim to fly in space as well as the youngest person ever to fly on the space shuttle. King salman bin abdulaziz al saud is the king of saudi arabia and custodian of the two holy mosques. Salman bin abdulaziz al saud was the son of ibn saud the founder of the first king of saudi arabia. In the name of allah the compassionate and merciful.

Sultan bin salman is married to the daughter of saud bin faisal the minister of foreign affairs of saudi arabia. Khaled bin sultan bin abdul aziz chairman of the board of trustees. Sultan bin salman bin abdulaziz al saud is a former royal saudi air force pilot who flew aboard the american sts 51 g space shuttle mission as a payload specialist and a member of the house of saud. Andrew s university in scotland and married a daughter of prince khalid bin saud al saud a great grandson of mohammed bin abdul rahman in riyadh on 5 december 2012.

King salman bin abdulaziz al saud. Since its launch in 1415 ah the sultan bin abdulaziz al saud foundation has continuously sought ambitiously and with balanced and paralleled steps to carry out and deliver on its promise helping people. Salman bin abdulaziz al saud wiki biography. Sultan bin salman is one of many nephews of the king of saudi arabia abdullah bin abdul aziz al saud.

They have three children. Prior to his appointment to throne he served as the deputy governor and then the governor of riyadh between 1963 and 2011. Salman bin abdulaziz was the governor of riyadh province for more than 50 years until stepping. سلطان الخير sultan the good in saudi arabia was a member of the saudi royal family a son of king abdulaziz ibn saud he was saudi defense minister from 1963 to his death in 2011 and the crown prince of saudi.

His son salman born 1990 attended st.