Hrh prince naif bin abdullah bin saud bin abdulaziz al saud

Prince Saud bin Nayef

Prince Saud bin Nayef

Position: Governor, Eastern Province

Biography: The eldest of the 10 sons of former Crown Prince Nayef, Prince Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz al-Saud was appointed deputy governor of the Eastern Province in 1993. In 2003, he became Saudi ambassador to Spain, where he was involved in organising an interfaith conference conceived by King Abdullah that included Wahhabi clerics and Israeli and American rabbis and took place in Madrid in 2008.

He returned to the kingdom in 2011 as an adviser to his father, who was then second deputy prime minister. When his father was appointed crown prince later that year, Prince Saud became special adviser to him and head of the Crown Prince’s Court.

During this time, he had significant influence and continued in this role for a further six months after the death of his father and the appointment of Prince Salman as crown prince in June 2012. In January, he was appointed governor of the Eastern Province.

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Muhammad bin Nayef

Saudi royal, former crown prince and minister of interior (born 1959)

In this Arabic name, the surname is Al Saud.

Muhammad bin Nayef

Prince Muhammad in January 2013

Tenure29 April 2015 – 21 June 2017

King and Prime Minister

Salman

PredecessorMuqrin bin Abdulaziz
SuccessorMohammed bin Salman
Tenure23 January 2015 – 29 April 2015

King and Prime Minister

Salman

PredecessorMuqrin bin Abdulaziz
SuccessorMohammed bin Salman
Tenure29 April 2015 – 21 June 2017

King and Prime Minister

Salman

SuccessorMohammed bin Salman
Tenure5 November 2012 – 21 June 2017

Prime Minister

King Abdullah
King Salman

PredecessorAhmed bin Abdulaziz
SuccessorAbdulaziz bin Saud
Born (1959-08-30) 30 August 1959 (age 65)
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
SpouseReema bint Sultan Al Saud
Issue
  • Princess Sarah
  • Princess Lulua
Muhammad bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
HouseAl Saud
FatherNayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
MotherAl Jawhara bint Abdulaziz A

Crown Prince Mohammad bin Naif

His Royal Highness Prince Mohammad bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud was appointed Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz on April 29, 2015 and Minister of the Interior by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz on Nov. 5, 2012.

Prince Mohammad was born in Jeddah on Aug. 30, 1959, a son of the late Crown Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior. He began his education at the Model Capital Institute in Riyadh, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1981 from the United States. Prior to joining the Ministry of Interior in 1999, he was in private business.

He received advanced law enforcement and counter-terrorism training in the U.S. and the United Kingdom. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdulaziz appointed Prince Mohammad Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs on May 13, 1999 and, on July 22, 2004, he was appointed to the rank of minister where he oversaw the

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