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Sultan bin Salman Al Saud

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Sultan bin Salman Al Saud (Arabic: سلطان بن سلمان آل سعود; Sulṭān bin Salmān Āl Suʿūd; born 27 June 1956) is a Saudi prince and former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot who flew aboard the American STS-51-G Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist. He is the first member of a royal family to fly in space, the first Arab and the first Muslim to fly in space, as well as (at 28 years old) the youngest person ever to fly on a space shuttle. On 27 December 2018, he was appointed as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Space Commission with the rank of minister. He is the eldest surviving son of King Salman and one of the grandsons of Saudi's founder King Abdulaziz. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sultan bin Salman Al Saud is the 7,710th most popular politician (down from 5,989th in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 155th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud ranks 7,710 out of 19,576. Before him are Vaso Čubrilović, Magdalena Andersson, Johannes R. Becher, Luis García Meza, Zeng Guofan, and Wellington Koo. After him are José Félix Uriburu, Ri Jong-ok, Ermesinde of Carcassonne, Julia Grant, Nestor Lakoba, and Robert Golob.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud ranks 95. Before him are Sinbad, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Gregg L. Semenza, Maggie Reilly, Thomas N'Kono, and Mikuláš Dzurinda. After him are King Diamond, Mansour Bahrami, Sela Ward, Taur Matan Ruak, Frances Arnold, and Miguel Bosé.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud ranks 162 out of 354. Before him are Ibn Shihab az-Zuhri (678), Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan (null), Muslim ibn Aqil (650), Umayya ibn Abd Shams (null), 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah (null), and Nimr al-Nimr (1959). After him are Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais (1960), Ahmed Zaki Yamani (1930), Jotapianus (200), Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya (690), Fatimah bint Musa (790), and Said ibn al-Musayyib (642).

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Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud ranks 53. Before him are Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1928), Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud (1944), Al-Mughira (600), Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh (1943), Suhayl ibn Amr (556), and Umayya ibn Abd Shams (null). After him are Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais (1960), Ahmed Zaki Yamani (1930), Jotapianus (200), Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya (690), Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud (1850), and Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr (650).

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