bandar bin sultan (born 2 march 1949) is a member of the house of saud and was saudi arabia's ambassador to the united states from 1983 to 2005. from 2005 to 29 january 2015 he served as secretary general of the national security council, and was director general of the saudi intelligence agency from 2012 to 2014. on 1 july 2014 he was appointed king abdullah's special envoy which lasted until 29 january 2015.