Saud Of Saudi Arabia
Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: سعود بن عبد العزيز آل سعود Su‘ūd ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Su‘ūd) (15 January 1902 – 24 January 1969) was King of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964.
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| 1956 | Saudi Arabia stopped exporting oil to Britain and France because of the Suez Crisis. |
| 1957 | State visit to the United States at invitation of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. |
| 1957 | Saudi Arabia became a member at the International Monetary Fund. |
| 1961 | A royal decree was made to establish the Institute of Public Administration. |
| 1961 | Saud became sick and traveled to America for treatment. |
| 1962 | Saud established Saudi Television. |
| 1963 | Saudi Arabia withdrew its troops from Kuwait, after the end of the Iraqi-Kuwaiti conflict. |
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