Khalid bin Sultan

Khalid bin Sultan

Khalid bin Sultan (born 1949) is the eldest son of Saudi Crown Prince Sultan. He attended the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst and the US Army's Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. He is also a graduate of the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama.

After a lengthy tenure in different branches of Saudi Arabia's armed forces, Prince-General Khalid was named Commander of the Joint Forces during Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. He was promoted to Field Marshal by his uncle, King Fahd, after the campaign. Prince Khalid retired in 1991 to concentrate on business.

Returning to government service in January 2001, Prince Khalid was appointed the Assistant Defence Minister for Military Affairs.

See also

*General Norman Schwarzkopf - led the Allied Forces with Prince Khalid during the Gulf War
*Field Marshal Saleh Al-Muhaya - Commander of RSLF

External links

* [http://www.moqatel.com Moqatel min Al Sahraa website]


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