Khaled S. Al-Sultan

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Dr. Khaled S. Al-Sultan (born 1 January 1963 in Al Qasim, Saudi Arabia) was the fourth rector of King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) a public university in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and the first to have graduated from the institution to hold this position. Dr. Al-Sultan is married and has two children.

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