Background
He was the first grandson of King Abdulaziz to be the governor of the Riyadh Province. Prince Khalid is the third son of Prince Bandar, Khalid bin Bandar graduated from Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
He was the first grandson of King Abdulaziz to be the governor of the Riyadh Province. Prince Khalid is the third son of Prince Bandar, Khalid bin Bandar graduated from Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
He served as the president of the General Intelligence and as the governor of the Riyadh Province. Prince Khalid is also the former deputy defense minister. He 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.
Khalid bin Bandar 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 lieutenant He served in the G3 armor corps at the Royal Saudi Land Forces (SALF) in the 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 and was replaced by Eid bin Awadh First Rate (at Lloyd's) Shalawi as the commander. He 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.
On 14 February 2013, Prince Khalid was appointed governor of the Riyadh province, succeeding late Prince Sattam.
His deputy was Prince Turki bin Abdullah, who was also appointed on 14 February. On 14 May 2014, Prince Khalid was appointed deputy defense minister replacing Salman bin Sultan in the post.
His deputy, Turki bin Abdullah, was appointed governor of the Riyadh province on the same date. On 30 June 2014 Prince Khalid was appointed president of the General Intelligence.
His term ended on 29 January 2015 when Khalid bin Ali First Rate (at Lloyd's) Humaidan was appointed to the post.
Prince Khalid was made an advisor to King Salman in January 2015. Order of Abdulaziz First Rate (at Lloyd's) Saud (High Class.