Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud, Saudi royal and businessman, Died at 80

  Business, Royals

Mohammed bin Faisal was born in 1937, in Taif and died on January 14, 2017.

He was a Saudi businessman and a member of House of Saud.

Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud was a son of King Faisal.

Faisal Al Saud was one of the pioneers in the establishment of Islamic banking.

He started his career at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA).

During 1964, Prince Mohammed was transferred to the ministry of water and agriculture.

After that, he was appointed the director of saline water conversion department at the ministry in 1970.

Faisal contributed to the formation of the water desalination program.

Following that, he was named deputy minister of water and agriculture responsible for saline water affairs in 1974, and named as the governor of then newly founded saline water conversion corporation in November 1974.

Faisal resigned from office in July 1977.

He was married to Muna bint Abdul Rahman bin Azzam Pasha, daughter of Azzam Pasha, they had three children.

Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud passed away at 80 years old.