Prince Saud bin Abdul-Muhsin bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud is the governor of Ha'il Province since 1999. He is a member of the Saudi royal family. He is the son of the late Prince Abdul-Muhsin bin Abdul-Aziz (1925–1985), the highly regarded former Governor of Madinah.
Prince Saud attended the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst and has held several government positions beginning as the Director of Health & Housing in the Saudi Ministry of Health in 1970-1973. Other positions he has held include Director General in the Ministry of Health (1973–1976), Deputy Governor of Makkah (1976–1992), and Acting Governor of Makkah (1992–1999).
In 2008, he was the subject of a BBC documentary about modern Saudi Arabia, Inside the Saudi Kingdom, in which a film crew led by Lionel Mill was given unique access to follow the prince for a month in his daily work.[1] He concludes that the Western world needs to learn that "you can only change people as much as they want to be changed" and that at heart his people don't want to be Westernized.
He is a nephew of King Abdullah. He has been married four times.He is currently married to Hala Al-Shaikh, and has ten children from the different four marriages. He enjoys traditional Bedouin customs of falconry, as well as western sports including table tennis.