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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Today04 June 2009 His Royal Highness Prince Turki AlFaisal Chairman of the Board, The King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies Riyadh
HRH Prince Turki AlFaisal is Chairman of the Board of the King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh. He is one of Saudi Arabia's leading intellectuals, with a very rich record of public service. A graduate of Georgetown University in Washington DC, Prince Turki was appointed as an Advisor to the Royal Court in 1973 and subsequently served as the Director of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) from 1977 to 2001. In 2002, Prince Turki was appointed Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland, and from 2005 until 2007 served as Ambassador to the United States. Prince Turki currently sits on the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, the International Crisis Group, and the Centre for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University. He is also a Commissioner at the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. Broad Topics: Arts and Social Sciences Sub-topics: Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Philosophy & Religion, Policy & Political Science 
This lecture was presented by the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East and Central Asia), ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, as part of the ANU Public Lecture Series 2009
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