Wednesday, 31 May 2023, Berlin, Germany: His Royal Highness Prince Abdullah bin Khaled bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud presented his credentials from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the German Federal President Dr. Frank-Walter Steimeier during a stately ceremony held at Bellevue Palace located in the central Berlin-Tiergarten neighbourhood. Thereafter the two dignitaries held a private conversation focused on bilateral Saudi-German ties.
Ambassador Al Saud arrived in Germany after having served as Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Republic of Austria as well as the United Nations and the international organizations based in Vienna, with non-resident concurrencies to the Slovak Republic and Slovenia between 2019 and May 2023. Between 2019 and 2021 he also served as the governor of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Prince Abdullah bin Khaled Al Saud (b. 1988) speaks his native Arabic in addition to English. He has distinguished himself in the capacity as advisor of the Saudi Royal Court in addition to having been Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Islamic Centre in Vienna at the office of the World Islamic League in Austria, and representative to the Council of Parties of the King Abdullah International Centre for Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue.
Since 2018 he is member of the board of directors of the Jockey Club Saudi Arabia and since 2020 member of the board of directors of the Horse Racing Authority.
HRH Prince Abdullah bin Khaled holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, USA.
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Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Germany: https://embassies.mofa.gov.sa/sites/Germany/EN/Pages/default.aspx
