King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (Arabic: عبد الله بن عبد العزيز السعود, born in 1924) is the King of Saudi Arabia. He succeeded the throne following the death of his half-brother, the late King Fahd, on August 1, 2005. He had previously acted as de-facto regent and thus ruler of Saudi Arabia since King Fahd's incapacity from a major stroke suffered in 1995. Official portrait of Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia The copyright status of this work is difficult or impossible to determine. ... Official portrait of Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia The copyright status of this work is difficult or impossible to determine. ... Arabic (العربية) is a Semitic language, closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This is a list of kings of Saudi Arabia: King Abdul Aziz (Ibn Saud) (1902/1932-1953) King Saud, son of King Abdul Aziz (1953-1964) King Faisal, son of King Abdul Aziz (1964-1975) King Khalid, son of King Abdul Aziz (1975-1982) King Fahd, son of King Abdul... King Fahd bin Abdelaziz Al Saud King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud (Arabic: فهد بن عبد العزيز السعود) (born in Riyadh, probably in 1923) is the king and prime minister of Saudi Arabia and leader of the House of Saud. ... August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... // high public office A regent, from the Latin regens who reigns is anyone who acts of head of state, especially if not the Monarch (who has higher titles). ... A stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is suddenly interrupted by occlusion (an ischemic stroke- approximately 90%of strokes) or by hemorrhage (a hemorrhagic stroke - approximately 10% of strokes). ...

Abdullah also serves as First Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the Saudi National Guard. He is one of 37 sons of King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al-Saud, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Arabian National Guard or SANG (aka White Army) is one of five branches or services of the Saudi Arabian Defence Forces/military. ... Ibn Saud Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman ibn Faisal Al Saud ( 1880 - November 9, 1953) was the first monarch of Saudi Arabia. ...

Abdullah was born in Riyadh to Ibn Saud's eighth wife, Fahda, and received his early education that was in the Royal Court at the Princes' School from religious authorities and intellectuals. He was given the position of Commander of the Saudi National Guard in 1963, and the position of First Deputy Prime Minister in June 1982. Riyadh from space, April 1994 Ministry of the Interior Faisaliah Centre King Fahad Int. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Abdullah has four wives, seven sons and fifteen daughters.

King Abdullah has established two libraries in the Muslim world, one in Riyadh (the King Abdulaziz Library) and another in Casablanca, Morocco. For the 1942 film, see Casablanca (movie). ...

Relationship with the United States

Crown Prince Abdullah with George W. Bush at the Prairie Chapel Ranch

In October 1976, as Abdullah was being groomed for greater responsibility in Riyadh, he was sent to the United States to meet with then-President Gerald Ford. He again travelled to the United States in October 1987, meeting then-Vice President George H. W. Bush. In September of 1998, Abdullah made a state visit to the United States to meet in Washington, DC with then-President Bill Clinton. He returned again in September of 2000 to attend millennium celebrations at the United Nations in New York, New York. President George W. Bush delivers remarks to the press inside the Marine One hangar at the Bush Ranch in Crawford, Texas following his meeting with the Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Thursday, April 25, 2002. ... President George W. Bush delivers remarks to the press inside the Marine One hangar at the Bush Ranch in Crawford, Texas following his meeting with the Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Thursday, April 25, 2002. ... Bush on his ranch Prairie Chapel Ranch is a 1583 acre (6. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Order: 38th President Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller Term of office: August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977 Preceded by: Richard Nixon Succeeded by: Jimmy Carter Date of birth: July 14, 1913 Place of birth: Omaha, Nebraska First Lady: Betty Ford Political party: Republican Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Order: 41st President Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush GCB (born... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... State visits usually involve a military review. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Order: 42nd President Vice President: Al Gore Term of office: January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 Preceded by: George H. W. Bush Succeeded by: George W. Bush Date of birth: August 19, 1946 Place of birth: Hope, Arkansas First Lady: Hillary Rodham Clinton Political party: Democratic William Jefferson Clinton (born... This article is about the year 2000. ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ...

Since then Abdullah has visited America many times, and there are reports that the Bush family, including President George W. Bush consider Abdullah to be a great friend — both of America and the Bush family. Order: 43rd President of United States Vice President: Dick Cheney Term of office: January 20, 2001 – Present (His second term will end on January 20, 2009. ...

On Terrorism

Abdullah with United States Vice President Dick Cheney

Shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the United States, as criticism of Saudi Arabia mounted, Abdullah said "The vicious campaign being waged against the kingdom in the Western media is nothing but the manifestation of a deep-rooted hatred directed against the course of Islam. Commitment to Islam and the homeland is not up for debate." [1] Vice President Dick Cheney and Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia extend courtesies to each other as they enter the area where the two leaders will stand during an arrival ceremony in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 16, 2002. ... Vice President Dick Cheney and Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia extend courtesies to each other as they enter the area where the two leaders will stand during an arrival ceremony in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 16, 2002. ... The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ...

On the second anniversary of the September 11 attack on the United States, the prince wrote a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush, which ended with: Order: 43rd President of United States Vice President: Dick Cheney Term of office: January 20, 2001 – Present (His second term will end on January 20, 2009. ...

"God Almighty, in His wisdom, tests the faithful by allowing such calamities to happen. But He, in His mercy, also provides us with the will and determination, generated by faith, to enable us to transform such tragedies into great achievements, and crises that seem debilitating are transformed into opportunities for the advancement of humanity. I only hope that, with your cooperation and leadership, a new world will emerge out of the rubble of the World Trade Center: a world that is blessed by the virtues of freedom, peace, prosperity and harmony." [2]

In 2002, Abdullah floated the so-called Arab Peace Initiative, what many considered at the time to be an opening salvo in a Saudi attempt to make peace with Israel. The plan called for Israel to cede almost the entirety of the Occupied Territories to the Palestinian Authority and to recognize the PA's sovereignty, with the Authority's capital in East Jerusalem. In exchange, Abdullah offered unprecedented concessions, including the ending of the Arab-Israeli conflict, a peace treaty with Israel, recognition of the state of Israel and the establishment of "normal relations" between Arab states and Israel. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Arab Peace Initiative was floated by acting Saudi regent Crown Prince Abdullah as a potential solution to both the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Arab-Israeli conflict. ... An occupied territory is a region that has been taken over by a sovereign power after a military intervention (see military occupation). ... The West Bank The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA) is a semi-autonomous state institution nominally governing the bulk of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (which it calls the Palestinian Territories). It was established as a part of Oslo accords between the PLO and Israel. ... East Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem which was held by Jordan from the 1948 Arab-Israeli War until the Six-Day War in 1967. ... Israel and the Arab League states The Arab-Israeli conflict is a long-running conflict in the Middle East regarding the existence of the state of Israel and its relations with Arab states and with the Palestinian population (see Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ... A peace treaty is an agreement (a peace treaty) between two hostile parties, usually countries or governments, that formally ends a war or armed conflict. ...

The plan was dropped after criticism from both Arab states and Israel.

Recently, Abdullah has visited Egypt, Syria and Jordan in what the Saudi Arabian government calls "an attempt to restart the stalled Middle East peace process and promote Arab unity and cooperation."

Religion

King Abdullah is a devout Muslim and is said to have meetings with leaders of Saudi Arabia's religious establishment on a weekly basis to garner advice and guidance. A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) is a believer in or follower of Islam. ...

Like many Saudi rulers before him, Abdullah is considered by many in the West to be a relatively moderate ruler. In recent years this image has been compromised however, as Saudi Arabian schools are alleged to teach anti-Semitism and Saudi Arabia's Royal Family funds madrassahs around the world. Saudi Arabia was also a major backer of the Taliban in Afghanistan. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates withdrew recognition of the Taliban government. The Eternal Jew: 1937 German poster. ... Madrassa in the Gambia The word madrassa in the Arabic language (and other languages of the Islamic nations such as Persian, Turkish, Indonesian etc. ... The Taliban (Pashtun and Persian: طالبان; students), also transliterated as Taleban, is an Islamist and Pashtun nationalist movement which ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, despite having diplomatic recognition from only three countries: the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. ... The September 11, 2001, attacks were a series of coordinated attacks carried out in the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. ...

Philanthropist

King Abdullah paid for the surgery of the Polish conjoined twins which took place at the King Abd al-Aziz Medical City in Riyadh on 3rd January 2005. He had heard about the twins from a doctor who found the information about the twins on the Internet. 14-month-old Daria and Olga Kolacz were successfully separated after the surgery which took 15 hours. A painting of Chang and Eng Bunker, circa 1836 Conjoined human fetuses Conjoined twins can occur in non-human animal species. ... Riyadh from space, April 1994 Ministry of the Interior Faisaliah Centre King Fahad Int. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

See also

• List of national leaders
• Philanthropist

This is a List of national leaders, showing heads of state and heads of government where different, mainly in parliamentary systems; it should be noted that often a leader is both in presidential systems or dictatorships. ... A philanthropist is someone who devotes his or her time, money, or effort towards helping others. ...

King Fahd of Saudi Arabia King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz (born in Riyadh in 1923) is the king and prime minister of Saudi Arabia and leader of the House of Saud. ... This is a list of kings of Saudi Arabia: King Abdul Aziz (Ibn Saud) (1902/1932-1953) King Saud, son of King Abdul Aziz (1953-1964) King Faisal, son of King Abdul Aziz (1964-1975) King Khalid, son of King Abdul Aziz (1975-1982) King Fahd, son of King Abdul... // The House of Saud The House of Saud refers to the royal family of Saudi Arabia. ... Sultan bin Abdul Aziz is one of the most powerful members of the Saudi royal family. ...