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He attempted to limit the power of Islamic religious officials. His main foreign policy themes were pan-Islamism, anti-communism, and pro- Palestinianism. įaisal implemented a policy of modernization and reform. He persuaded King Saud to abdicate in his favour in 1964 with the help of other members of the royal family and his first cousin, Grand Mufti Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh. Faisal was crown prince of Saudi Arabia after Saud's accession in 1953, and in that position he outlawed slavery in Saudi Arabia. He was the Saudi foreign minister from 1930 and prime minister from 1954 until his death, except for a two-year break (1960–1962) in both positions. Faisal emerged as an influential royal politician during the reigns of his father, Abdulaziz, and his half-brother Saud. His father was still reigning as Emir of Nejd at the time of Faisal's birth, and his mother was from the Al ash-Sheikh family which has produced many prominent Saudi religious leaders. įaisal was the son of Abdulaziz and Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh. He was the third son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia, and the second of Abdulaziz's six sons who were kings. Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( Arabic: فيصل بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود‎ Fayṣal ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd, Najdi Arabic pronunciation: 14 April 1906 – 25 March 1975) was a Saudi Arabian statesman and diplomat who was the King of Saudi Arabia from 2 November 1964 until his assassination in 1975.