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| King of Saudi Arabia | |||||
| Reign | 9 November 1953 – 2 November 1964 | ||||
| Bay'ah | 9 November 1953 | ||||
| Predecessor | Abdulaziz | ||||
| Successor | Faisal | ||||
| Prime Minister | Faisal | ||||
| Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia | |||||
| Reign | 9 October 1953 – 16 August 1954 | ||||
| Successor | Faisal | ||||
| Reign | 21 December 1960 – 31 October 1962 | ||||
| Predecessor | Faisal | ||||
| Successor | Faisal | ||||
| King | Himself | ||||
| Born | 15 January 1902 Kuwait City, Kuwait |
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| Died | 23 February 1969 (aged 67) Athens, Greece |
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| Burial | Al-Oud cemetery, Riyadh | ||||
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| House | House of Saud | ||||
| Father | Ibn Saud | ||||
| Mother | Wadhah bint Hussein Al-Orair | ||||
Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (15 January 1902 – 23 February 1969) was King of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964. After a period of internal tension in Saudi Arabia, he was forced from the throne and replaced by his brother Faisal.
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| 1954 | The first five years plan announced by King Saud in his speech no. (6499/1/20/5) |
| 1954 | The formation of the "Saudi Arabian Naval Transport Company'' in association with Aristotle Onassis. |
| 1954 | The inauguration of the first naval ship "King Saud I" in Hamburg |
| 1954 | The inauguration of the 1st Islamic Conference in Makkah |
| 1955 | The first Saudi expansion of the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah |
| 1955 | The 1st Saudi expansion of the Holy Mosque of Makkah |
| 1956 | Saudi Arabia stopped exporting oil to Britain and France because of the Suez Crisis. |
| 1956 | The rejection of King Saud to join "The Baghdad Pact" initiated by London. |
| 1957 | King Saud support to Jordan during their political crisis which threatened to topple King Hussein's throne |
| 1957 | King Saud strong diplomatic efforts at the UN denouncing the Israeli's attempts to obliterate the legal right of navigation in the Gulf of Aqaba |
| 1957 | King Saud diplomatic efforts to mediate between Syria and Turkey |
| 1957 | The USA causes the fall of oil price |
| 1957 | Saudi Arabia became a member of the International Monetary Fund. |
| 1957 | The establishment of the first university in Saudi Arabia (King Saud University) |
| 1960 | A Royal Pronouncement to establish "The General Presidency for the Education of Girls" |
| 1961 | Establishing OPEC |
| 1962 | Establishing the Muslim League. |
| 1962 | Abolishing Slavery by King Saud: A Royal Decree no (3/1/5) was announced with the ten points of reforms to abolish slavery. |
| 1962 | Saud established Saudi Television. |
| 1969 | King Saud died in Greece on 24 January. |
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King Saud with his son Mashhoor