Positions Held
Prince Faisal's first post was the President of Saudi Fencing Federation. In 1971, he was appointed as the chairman of the Saudi Football Federation. In July 1975, he became the President of Youth Welfare and promoted to the ministerial rank in 1977. He was also appointed the chairman of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee in 1975, and chairman of the Arab Games Federation in 1976. Later, he became a member of the International Olympic Committee in 1984. He was also the president of the Arabian Football Union, Arab Football Union, and head of the National Committee on Drugs Control. He also served internationally as the president of the International Swimming Association.
In 1981, he chaired the Sports Federation for Islamic Solidarity, and in 1982, the International Committee for the Preservation of the Legacy of Islamic Civilization. Since 1979 he had chaired the Kingdom's Supreme Committee for the Merit in Literature Prize. In 1984, he joined the International Olympic Committee. He had been the chairman of the Saudi Arabian Society for Youth Hostels since 1973, and since 1984, had chaired the National Anti-Drug Committee. In 1992, he became the chairman of the Saudi Federation of Sports for the Disabled.
Faisal bin Fahd was also director-general at the Ministry of Planning starting in 1977. After 1977, he held the rank of minister of state and was a private "emissary to Iraq." Unlike his brothers, his business activities were not intensive.
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