Chairman of the Board of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies
HRH Prince Turki AlFaisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is the Founder and Chairman of the King Faisal Foundation and Chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. Previously, he served as the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States (2005-07) and the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (2002-05). HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud was also the Director-General of the General Intelligence Directorate, Saudi Arabia’s main Foreign Intelligence Service, with the Rank of Minister (1977-2001), and Advisor to the Royal Court (1973-77). HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud retired in 2007.