Khalid of Saudi Arabia

Khalid
Official portrait, 1977
King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia
Reign	25 March 1975 – 13 June 1982
Bay'ah	25 March 1975
Predecessor	Faisal
Successor	Fahd
Deputy Prime Minister
In office	31 October 1962 – 25 March 1975
Monarch	Saud Faisal
Regent	Crown Prince Faisal (1964)
Prime Minister	Faisal bin Abdulaziz
Born	(1913-02-13)13 February 1913 Riyadh, Emirate of Riyadh
Died	13 June 1982(1982-06-13) (aged 69) Ta’if, Saudi Arabia
Burial	13 June 1982 Al Oud cemetery, Riyadh
Spouses	List Latifa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Saud Noura bint Turki Al Saud Seeta bint Fahd Al Damir
Issue	List Prince Bandar Prince Abdullah Princess Al Bandari Princess Al Jawhara Prince Fahd Princess Nouf Princess Moudi Princess Hussa Prince Mishaal Prince Faisal
Names Khalid bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman
Dynasty	Al Saud
Father	King Abdulaziz
Mother	Al Jawhara bint Musaed Al Saud

Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: خالد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود, romanized: Khālid bin ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd; 13 February 1913 – 13 June 1982) was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 25 March 1975 to his death in 1982. Prior to his ascension, he was Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 29 March 1965 to 25 March 1975. He was the fifth son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia.

Khalid was the son of King Abdulaziz and Al Jawhara bint Musaed Al Saud. He assisted his half-brother Prince Faisal in his duties as foreign minister of Saudi Arabia. Khalid served as viceroy of the Hejaz region for a brief time in the 1930s. He visited the United States in 1943 together with Faisal, establishing relations between the two countries. He was appointed as the deputy prime minister of Saudi Arabia in 1962. After Khalid's full brother Prince Muhammad stepped aside from the royal succession, King Faisal named Khalid as crown prince in 1965.

Following the assassination of King Faisal in 1975, Khalid ascended to the throne. His reign saw both huge developments in the country due to increase in oil revenues and significant events in the Middle East. In 1979, a group of civilians seized the Grand Mosque of Mecca and sought but failed to kidnap Khalid. Saudi forces regained control over the mosque, but the seizure resulted in the introduction of stricter religious policies in Saudi Arabia. Khalid died in 1982 and was succeeded by his half-brother Fahd.