First: Appointing Prince Khaled bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz as Chief of General Intelligence in the rank of Minister.
Second: This Royal Order shall be instructed to the competent authorities for immediate implementation.
Prince Khaled bin Bandar, Deputy Minister of Defense, has been relieved of his position upon his request on Saturday.
Prince Khaled, who was appointed Deputy Defense Minister on May 14, 2014, was removed from the post on the recommendation of Crown Prince Salman, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense.
Prince Khaled was born in 16 March 1951. He graduated from Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and holds a Master's Degree in Military Sciences. He participated in advanced foundational courses for armor officers in Saudi Arabia and United States, and also been involved in several different field exercises.
Prince Khaled is a high-ranking military personal and Commander of the Saudi Arabian Royal Army. He began his military service at the first battalion of the fourth Armored Brigade. Later, he worked as an Operations Officer in the Armored Forces Command, and then was promoted to Deputy Commander of it.
He served in the G3 Armor Corps at the Royal Saudi Land Forces (SALF) in early 1980s. He became a Major General in 1997, and was appointed Deputy Commander of the SALF.
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in May 2011. Then he served as the Commander of the SALF. He served in this post until his appointment as Riyadh Governor on 14 February 2013, and was replaced by Eid bin Awadh Al Shalawi as the Commander.
Prince Khaled made several visits and participated in foreign joint cooperation committees between Saudi Arabia and other countries.
He was one of participants in the liberation of Kuwait (1991) in (Desert Shield and Desert Storm) and was assigned to participate in South Shield operations against Houthis in 2009 conflict.
Prince Turki's previously held the position of Deputy Governor. He was born in 1970.
