Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: فيصل بن بندر بن عبد العزيز آل سعود) (born 1945) is a Saudi royal, a grandson of Saudi Arabia's founder King Abdulaziz, who has served as the governor of Riyadh since 2015.
[2] Prince Faisal obtained a bachelor of arts degree in history at King Saud University in 1969.
[citation needed] Prince Faisal was considered close to King Abdullah.
[2] His son Mohammad is a military officer and a jet pilot at the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF).
[11] On 8 April 2020, The New York Times reported that Faisal bin Bandar was in intensive care with COVID-19 complications.