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Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud (Arabic: الأمير بندر بن سلطان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود, born 2 March 1949) is a Saudi politician and was Saudi ambassador to the United States from 1983 to 2005. He was appointed Secretary-General of the National Security Council by King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz on 16 October 2005.
Born in Taif, Saudi Arabia, Prince Bandar is a son of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, the Deputy Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia.
He attended the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Saudi Air Force, where he served for seventeen years. He is a trained pilot, and has flown numerous fighter aircraft. He received additional training at Maxwell Air Force Base and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, before receiving a Masters in International Public Policy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.