Kemangkatan Raja Fahd

Tadi diumumkan tentanag berita kemangkatan Raja Fahd, Penjaga Dua MAsjid Suci.Beita ini diumumkan oleh Menteri Penerangan Arab Saudi, Iyad Bin AMid Madani..

"With all sorrow and sadness, the royal court in the name of his highness Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz and all members of the family announces the death of the servant of the two holy mosques, King Fahd bin Abdel Aziz," Minister of Information Iyad bin Amin Madani announced on state television.

"He died after suffering an illness. God now allows the custodian of the two holy mosques, King Fahd, with great mercy and forgiveness, to reside in his wide heaven."

Putera Abdullah yang sebelum ini sebagai Putera Mahkota telah dilantik untuk menggantikannya.Manakala Putera Sultan telah dilantik menjadi Putera Mahkota Arab Saudi..

KING FAHD FACTS

Born in Riyadh in 1923

Appointed education minister in 1953, then became interior minister, and later deputy prime minister and Crown Prince

Ascended to the throne in 1982

Added the title Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to his name in 1986

Invited US troops into Saudi Arabia in 1990 to counter the threat of Iraqi invasion

Suffered a series of strokes in 1995

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