  saud bin abdulaziz al saud ( ; 15 january 1902&nbsp;â 23 february 1969) was king of saudi arabia from 1953 to 1964. {| class="infobox" align="right" width="25%" style="border:1px solid #ddd; margin:0 0 1em 1em; padding:0 0 1em 1em; vertical-align:right; font-size:80%;" !colspan="2" align="center"|major events |- |align="right" |1956 |saudi arabia stopped exporting oil to britain and france because of the suez crisis. |- |align="right" |1957 | state visit to the united states at invitation of president dwight d. eisenhower. |- |align="right" |1957 | saudi arabia became a member at the international monetary fund. |- |align="right" |1961 | a royal decree was made to establish the institute of public administration. |- |align="right" |1961 | saud became sick and traveled to america for treatment. |- |align="right" |1962 | saud established saudi television. |- |align="right" |1963 | saudi arabia withdrew its troops from kuwait, after the end of the iraqi-kuwaiti conflict. |} ==early life== prince saud was born on 15 january 1902 in kuwait city.{{cite journal|title=riyadh. the capita
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