Faisal Al-Hegelan
Faisal Abdul Aziz Al-Hegelan GBE (1987) (born October 7, 1929 in Jeddah ) is a former Saudi Arabian politician and diplomat .
Life
Faisal Al-Hegelan is the son of Fatima Al-Eissa and Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Hegelan. He married Nouha Tarazi in 1961 and has three sons. He studied law at Cairo University and was employed at the Saudi Arabian Embassy in London from 1948 to 1951 . From 1948 to 1951 he was State Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and in 1954 Ambassador to Sudan and Ambassador to Madrid from 1961 to 1966. Fernando García de la Vega published Escala en hi-fi , proto music videos on Televisión Española from 1961 to 1967 . In 1963, Sheikh Faisal Al-Hegelan saw Saud ibn Abd al-Aziz ridiculed Arab customs and Islam in a video clip and called for an immediate ban on the broadcast.
From 1968 to 1975 he was also accredited to the government in Buenos Aires as ambassador with official residence in Caracas . From 1975 to 1976 he was ambassador to Copenhagen . From 1976 to 1979 he was ambassador to London . From 1979 to 1983 he was Ambassador to Washington, DC From 1984 to 1996 he was Secretary of Health. From 1996 to 2003 he was ambassador to Paris .
Individual evidence
- ↑ La Vanguardia , 1961/07/02 [1] 1962/07/31, ABC (Spain) , 1966/06/12 [2]
- ↑ El embajador en España de Arabia Saudí, Sheikh Faisal Al-Hegelan, exige la inmediata prohibición de Escala en Hi-Fi (1963) porque ridiculiza la figura de SM el Rey Saud y porque tergiversa las costumbres árabes y las creencias islámicas. [3] p. 123
- ↑ International Who's Who 2000 : Volume 6363rd Ed - 1999 - 1743 pp
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Karthum 1954 |
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| Medhat Sheikh el-Ard |
Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Spain 1961–1968 |
Mohammed Nuri Ibrahim |
| Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Caracas 1968–1975 |
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| Abdul Rahman al-Helaissi |
Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1976–1979 |
Wet Almanqour |
| Ali Alireza |
Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States 1979–1983 |
Bandar ibn Sultan |
| Ghazi al-Gosaibi |
Saudi Arabian Minister of Health 1984–1996 |
Ossama bin Abdul Majed Shobokshi |
| Jamil bin Ibrahim al-Hujailan |
Saudi Arabian Ambassador to France 1996–2003 |
Mohammed bin Ismael Al Alsheikh |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hegelan, Faisal Al- |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hegelan, Faisal Abdul Aziz Al- |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saudi Arabian politician and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jeddah |