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Saud al-Faisal, former Saudi foreign minister, dies at 75

Published July 9th, 2015 - 07:51 GMT
The former minister served in office for four decades and died two months after he was replaced. (AFP/File)
The former minister served in office for four decades and died two months after he was replaced. (AFP/File)

Former Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal has died at the age of 75 two months after he was replaced by Adel al-Jubeir following some four decades in office.

Family members and a foreign ministry spokesman on Thursday confirmed the death of al-Faisal, the world's longest-serving foreign minister.

“May God accept him in paradise,” the prince’s nephew Saud Mohammed al-Abdullah al-Faisal said on Twitter.

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